The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Mac McNaughton

album of the year

1. Foals — What Went Down
2. New Order — Music Complete
3. Editors — In Dream
4. Tim Rogers & The Bamboos — The Rules Of Attraction
5. Boxed In — Boxed In
6. Tame Impala — Currents
7. Warren Haynes — Ashes & Dust
8. Blur — The Magic Whip
9. Ghost Culture — Ghost Culture
10. Therapy? — Disquiet

song of the year

1. Leftfield — Universal Everything
2. Foals —  Mountain At My Gates
3. Chemical Brothers — Go (ft. Q-Tip)
4. Tame Impala — Let It Happen
5. New Order — Superheated (ft. Brandon Flowers)

artist of the year

1. Tame Impala
2. New Order
3. Foals
4. Blur
5. Courtney Barnett

International artist Performance

1. Blur
2. Peter Hook & The Light
3. Jesus Jones
4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
5. Nik Kershaw

Australian artist Performance

1. Tomas Ford
2. Nick Cave
3. Regurgitator
4. The Drones
5. Courtney Barnett

top tv show

1. Wentworth
2. Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance
3. Sense8
4. Cucumber
5. The Checkout

top movie

1. Spectre
2. The Martian
3. Ex Machina
4. Mad Max : Fury Road
5. Game Over

top website

1. TVTonight
2. The Music
3. Bleeding Cool
4. Pitchfork
5. Kilted Bros

2015 highlight of the year

Meeting Peter Hook and not fainting… nor having any awkward comments directed towards the other members of New Order. And feeling weird after realising the bassist I thought was cute was his son.

prediction for 2016

Major acts announcing and releasing new albums within mere hours becomes 'the norm', marriage equality remains out of reach for more bullshit reasons.