The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Hannah Valmadre

album of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
2. Jamie xx — In Colour
3. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Colour
4. Tame Impala — Currents
5. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
6. Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light
7. The Weeknd — Beauty Behind The Madness
8. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
9. Drake — If You're Reading This It's Too Late 
10. Ta-ku — Songs To Make Up To

song of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — Eugene
2. Ta-ku ft JMSN & Sango — Love Again
3. Jamie XX ft Young Thug & Popcaan — I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
4. Bully — Trying
5. Cosmo's Midnight ft Kucka — Walk With Me

artist of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens
2. Drake
3. Grimes
4. The Weeknd
5. Bully

international artist performance

1. Drake 
2. ODESZA
3. Cold War Kids
4. The Wombats
5. SBTRKT

australian artist performance

1. Chet Faker 
2. Sarah Blasko
3. Tame Impala
4. Vallis Alps
5. Banoffee

top tv show

1. Master Of None
2. The Mindy Project
3. Narcos
4. Homeland
5. Marvel's Jessica Jones

top movie

1. Ex Machina  
2. Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
3. Inside Out
4. Dope
5. Sleeping With Other People

top website

1. Vice
2. Pitchfork
3. ABC News
4. Pedestrian TV
5. Junkee

2015 highlight of the year

Seeing Drake live, what a legend.

prediction for 2016

Melbourne Music Week only getting bigger and better.