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The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Benny Doyle

Benny Doyle

Jamie xx
Jamie xx

album of the year

  1. Jamie xx — In Colour
  2. Make Do & Mend — Don't Be Long
  3. HEALTH — Death Magic
  4. Enter Shikari — The Mindsweep
  5. Tame Impala — Currents
  6. Title Fight — Hyperview
  7. Grimes — Art Angels
  8. The Chemical Brothers — Born In The Echoes
  9. Foals — What Went Down
  10. Beach Slang — The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us

song of the year

  1. Major Lazer & DJ Snake — Lean On
  2. Jack U ft Justin Bieber — Where Are U Now?
  3. HEALTH — Stonefist
  4. Club Cheval — Discipline
  5. DMA's — Lay Down

artist of the year

  1. Jamie xx
  2. Diplo
  3. HEALTH
  4. Grimes
  5. Jarryd James

international artist performance

  1. Bonobo
  2. Enter Shikari
  3. Title Fight
  4. Florence & The Machine
  5. Seth Troxler

australian artist performance

  1. Paper Arms
  2. Kirin J Callinan
  3. Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders
  4. Palms
  5. The Grates

top tv show

  1. Peep Show
  2. Homeland
  3. Have You Been Paying Attention?
  4. The Beautiful Lie
  5. It's A Date

top movie

  1. Welcome To Me
  2. Birdman
  3. The Imitation Game
  4. While We're Young
  5. Trainwreck

top website 

  1. NBA.com
  2. Grantland
  3. FiveThirtyEight
  4. Mashable
  5. Sportsbet.com.au

2015 highlight of the year

Drinking a fucking Catalina wine mixer on Catalina Island. Broncos going all the way to the GF.

prediction for 2016

Servo pies and good times.