The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Sarah Petchell

album of the year

1. Sleater-Kinney — No Cities To Love
2. Gallows — Desolation Sounds
3. Sumac — The Deal
4. High Tension — Bully
5. Deafheaven — New Bermuda
6. Chelsea Wolfe — Abyss
7. Doomtree — All Hands
8. Black Breath — Slaves Beyond Death
9. Citizen — Everybody Is Going To Heaven
10. War On Women — War On Women

song of the year

1. Rihanna — Bitch Better Have My Money
2. Sleater-Kinney — A New Wave
3. Bring Me The Horizon — Throne
4. Baroness — Chlorine & Wine
5. High Tension — Bully

artist of the year

1. Sleater-Kinney 
2. Beyonce 
3. Deafheaven
4. High Tension
5. Outright

international artist performance

1. Gorilla Biscuits
2. Code Orange Kids
3. Boris 
4. Weekend Nachos

australian artist performance

1. Mindsnare
2. Outright
3. High Tension
4. Cursed Earth
5. Shackles

top tv show

1. Chef's Table
2. Master Of None
3. The Mind Of A Chef
4. Hannibal
5. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

top movie

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. City Of Gold
3. Spectre
4. Inside Out 
5. Dope

top website ​

1. Lucky Peach
2. Questionable Content
3. Banshee
4. Boston Red Sox
5. Instagram

2015 highlight of the year

The Sleater-Kinney reunion (in case you didn't notice). They're the exception to the rule below. The album was phenomenal, I'm looking forward to the shows next year and it has capped off a year that, for me, has been full of strong and powerful women making great music. 

prediction for 2016

The trend of bands that shouldn't get back together but are getting back together will stop. Except Champion. If Champion came back that would be ok. But please, no more reformations resulting in crappy albums and disappointing performances at festivals.