The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Obliveus

album of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Leon Bridges — Coming Home
3. Fat Freddy's Drop — Bays
4. Disclosure — Caracal
5. Fdel — Yesterday's Now Sound
6. Dam-Funk — Invite The Light
7. Hermitude — Through The Roof

song of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar — King Kunta
2. Featurecast & The Gaff — Ain't Got Time
3. DJ Format — Kool & The Gangstarr Generation
4. Missy Elliott — WTF (Where They From)
5. Boca 45 — Soul On Top

artist of the year

1. Boca 45
2. Kendrick Lamar
3. Leon Bridges
4. Fat Freddy's Drop
5. DJ Format

international artist performance

1. Fatback Band
2. Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow
3. Neneh Cherry
4. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
5. Katchafire

australian artist performance

1. Kylie Auldist
2. Cookin On 3 Burners
3. The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
4. The Cactus Channel
5. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks

top tv show

1. Game Of Thrones
2. House Of Cards
3. Fresh Off The Boat
4. Better Call Saul
5. Silicon Valley

top movie

1. Straight Outta Compton
2. Entourage
3. Amy
4. All Things Must Pass: The Rise & Fall Of Tower Records
5. 808

top website 

1. eBay
2. Bandcamp
3. Discogs
4. Black Caesar Events
5. Funkdafied

2015 highlight of the year

Proving that happy pants and block parties could co-exist, I got to play nine hours straight of nothing but 45s at Rainbow Serpent in a sweaty, steamy tent with my Black Caesar homies, Mr Lob and Brain! My records got fucked, my Esky got fucked, the crowd was fucked, we lost one DJ to exhaustion, another to the dancefloor, Bill Withers arrived spiritually as the sun came up and I still haven't been able to get the hair off my tongue. Surreal to say the least! Bring on 2016!!!

prediction for 2016

The 45 Sessions will go huge because everyone loves the small records with big sound, don't they? Don't they?