The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Paul Barbieri

album of the year

1. Blank Realm — Illegals In Heaven
2. Faith No More — Sol Invictus
3. Blur — The Magic Whip
4. Palms — Crazy Rack
5. Kacey Musgraves — Pageant Material
6. The Basics — The Age Of Entitlement
7. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
8. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
9. Custard — Come Back, All Is Forgiven
10. Jess Ribeiro — Kill It Yourself

song of the year

1. Palms — Sleep Too Much
2. Faith No More — Cone Of Shame
3. Blur — Pyongyang
4. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats — SOB
5. Art Vs Science — Tired Of Pretending

Artist of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
3. Blank Realm
4. Blur
5. Courtney Barnett

International artist Performance

1. Blur
2. Circa Waves
3. Faith No More
4. Soundgarden

Australian artist Performance

1. Custard
2. AC/DC
3. Minky G
4. The Smith Street Band
5. The Living End

top TV Show

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2. Utopia
3. Master Of None
4. Marvel's Jessica Jones
5. Star Wars Rebels

top Movie

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. A Most Violent Year
3. Inside Out
4. Bridge Of Spies

top website

1. Netflix
2. The Guardian
3. SBS On Demand
4. AFL
5. ESPNFC

2015 highlight of the year

Albums from the likes of Blur, Faith No More and Custard that enhanced their legacy.

prediction for 2016

The year's biggest party will be for the 25th anniversary of Brian Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.