The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Bradley Armstrong

album of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Algiers — Algiers
3. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
4. Jim O'Rourke — Simple Songs
5. Arthur Russell — Corn
6. Sui Zhen — Secretly Susan
7. Ryan Adams — 1989
8. Destroyer — Poison Season

song of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar — u
2. Death Grips — On GP
3. Julia Holter — Feel You
4. Hannah Diamond — Hi

artist of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. The Magnetic Fields
3. Drake
4. Alabama Shakes
5. Chance The Rapper

international artist performance

1. John Cale
2. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
3. Spiritualized
4. Yamantaka Eye
5. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

australian artist performance

1. Augie March 
2. Ooga Boogas
3. Gold Class
4. Lower Plenty
5. Cured Pink

top tv show

1. House Of Cards
2. Narcos
3. Struggle Street
4. Good Game
5. South Park

top movie

1. Love

top website 

1. Wikipedia
2. Google
3. Hotmail
4. YouTube
5. The Music

2015 highlight of the year

That drunk guy from that pub.

prediction for 2016

That the faux hippie movement in Melbourne will be realised to be as bad as the ice epidemic.