The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Jessica Holton

album of the year

1. Foals — What Went Down
2. Dr Dre — Compton
3. Jamie xx — In Colour
4. Palms — Crazy Rack
5. Disclosure — Caracal
6. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
7. Years & Years — Communion
8. Tame Impala — Currents
9. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear

song of the year

1. Foals — Snake Oil
2. Foals — Birch Tree
3. Tame Impala — The Less I Know The Better
4. Jamie xx — Sleep Sound
5. Dr Dre — Animals

artist of the year

1. Foals
2. Dr Dre
3. Tame Impala
4. Disclosure
5. Palms

international artist performance

1. Fleetwood Mac
2. Everclear
3. Mark Ronson
4. Outkast
5. The 1975

australian artist performance

1. Flight Facilities
2. Client Liaison
3. Kisschasy
4. Dune Rats
5. DZ Deathrays

top tv show

1. Master Of None
2. Inside Amy Schumer
3. Nathan For You
4. The Jinx
5. Narcos

top movie

1. Trainwreck
2. Straight Outta Compton
3. Amy
4. Manson Family Vacation

top website

1. Pilerats
2. The Music
3. I Could Never Be Deaf
4. Purple Sneakers
5. Brown Cardigan

2015 highlight of the year

Seeing Lindsey Buckingham tear shreds off his guitar while performing Tusk in the torrential rain at the Fleetwood Mac show at Hope Estate in November.

prediction for 2016

The continued rise of local rock'n'roll and probably throwing out another pair of shoes at next year's Splendour In The Grass!