The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Mark Beresford

album of the year

1. Pond — Man It Feels Like Space Again
2. Tame Impala — Currents
3. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes — Blossom
4. Northlane — Node
5. Dead Letter Circus — Aesthesis
6. Royal Headache — High
7. Holy Holy — When The Storms Would Come
8. Bad//Dreems — Dogs At Bay
9. Desaparecidos — Payola
10. The Dead Weather — Dodge And Burn

song of the year

1. Beck — Dreams
2. Tired Lion — Suck
3. Royal Headache — Another World
4. The Drones — Taman Shud
5. Kurt Vile — Pretty Pimpin'

artist of the year

1. Tame Impala
2. Kendrick Lamar
3. Royal Headache
4. Northlane
5. Holy Holy

international artist performance

1. Against Me!
2. Blur
3. Soundgarden
4. YOB
5. Faith No More

australian artist performance

1. sleepmakeswaves
2. Pond
3. Frenzal Rhomb
4. Hazards Of Swimming Naked
5. Gay Paris

top tv show

1. Marvel's Daredevil
2. Ash Vs Evil Dead
3. Better Call Saul
4. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
5. The League

top movie

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Ex Machina
3. It Follows
4. The Gift
5. Jurassic World

top website 

1. Guardian Australia
2. The Music
3. Reddit
4. Bleeding Cool
5. Has Maldonado Crashed Today?

2015 highlight of the year

Domestic and support acts completely owning their international and headlining counterparts. Local music still reigns supreme, it warms the cockles.

prediction for 2016

Our collective hearing way too fucking much about Taylor Swift and Drake is replaced by hearing way too fucking much about Adele and Kanye West.