The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Roshan Clerke

album of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
2. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
3. Oh Mercy — When We Talk About Love
4. Waxahatchee — Ivy Tripp
5. Girlpool — Before The World Was Big
6. Autre Ne Veut — Age Of Transparency
7. Natalie Prass — Natalie Prass
8. My Own Pet Radio — Goodlum
9. Twerps — Range Anxiety
10. Dick Diver — Melbourne, Florida

song of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — The Only Thing
2. Florist — Vacation
3. Hop Along — Sister Cities
4. Courtney Barnett — Depreston
5. Titus Andronicus — Dimed Out

artist of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens
2. Courtney Barnett
3. Kendrick Lamar
4. Autre Ne Veut
5. Sleater-Kinney

international artist performance

1. Best Coast
2. Little Dragon
3. Angel Olsen
4. Nancy Whang
5. Flying Lotus

australian artist performance

1. Mother Kirk
2. Courtney Barnett
3. Oh Mercy
4. Miami Horror
5. Neighbour

top tv show

1. The Jinx
2. Last Week Tonight
3. Fargo
4. Better Call Saul
5. Broad City

top movie

1. Wild Tales
2. Inside Out
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Sworn Virgin
5. Macbeth

top website 

1. NPR
2. Pitchfork
3. Aquarium Drunkard
4. The School Of Life
5. Blank On Blank

2015 highlight of the year

Seeing Mother Kirk play their Rock For Refugees show at The Zoo with a mini gospel choir on backup vocals and Julian from Peach Happening working magic with some honky-tonk keyboard melodies.

prediction for 2016

Watching the new Star Wars so many times my eyes turn into lightsabers.