The Music 2015 Writers Poll: Christopher H James

album of the year

1. Braids — Deep In The Iris
2. Algiers — Algiers
3. LoneLady — Hinterland
4. Vattnet Viskar — Settler
5. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
6. Mbongwana Star —  From Kinshasa
7. Julia Holter —  Have You In My Wilderness
8. Holly Herndon — Platform
9. Grimes — Art Angels 
10. Chelsea Wolfe —  Abyss

song of the year

1. Jamie xx — Loud Places
2. Mbongwana Star — Kala
3. Braids —  Miniskirt
4. LoneLady — Silvering
5. Everything Everything — Distant Past

artist of the year

1. Braids
2. Algiers
3. LoneLady
4. Blur
5. Yob

international artist performance

1. Yob
2. Blur
3. Boris
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
5. Napalm Death

australian artist performance

1. Drowning Horse
2. The Drones
3. Courtney Barnett
4. Fait
5. Extortion

top movie

1. Inside Out
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Wild Tales 
4. The Gift
5. Bridge Of Spies

top website 

1. ABC News
2. Drowned In Sound
3. The Quietus
4. 20jazzfunkgreats
5. Discogs

2015 highlight of the year

Boris collapsing the space-time continuum by playing Vomitself at the Rosemount; at least that's what it felt like.

prediction for 2016

The Boy's Club mentality of the music industry to be further challenged by female artists producing, engineering, directing their own videos and overturning the archaic chauvinist principle that women in music are supposed to sing pretty songs and look photogenic as more women (ie. Holly Herndon, Gazelle Twin, Pharmakon) make experimental/confrontational music.