The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Shenae Gooley

album of the year

1. The Paper Kites — Twelvefour 
2. Tame Impala — Currents
3. Laura Marling — Short Movie
4. Leon Bridges — Coming Home
5. Hiatus Kaiyote — Choose Your Weapon
6. City Calm Down — In A Restless House
7. Chvrches — Every Open Eye
8. Alpine — Yuck
9. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color

song of the year

1. Meg Mac — Never Be
2. Natalie Prass — My Baby Don't Understand Me
3. Hiatus Kaiyote — Breathing Underwater
4. Alabama Shakes — This Feeling

artist of the year

1. Alpine
2. Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
3. Tame Impala
4. Meg Mac
5. Leon Bridges

international artist performance

1. Laura Marling
2. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
3. Flight Facilities
4. Hozier
5. Fleetwood Mac

australian artist performance

1. Meg Mac
2. Sticky Fingers
3. Ball Park Music
4. Angus & Julia Stone
5. The Paper Kites

top tv show

1. Bob's Burgers
2. American Horror Story: Hotel
3. Parks And Recreation
4. Orange Is The New Black
5. The Walking Dead

top movie

1. A Very Murray Christmas
2. Man Up
3. Straight Outta Compton
4. Amy
5. Trainwreck

top website 

1. Pitchfork
2. Spotify
3. Ultimate Guitar Tabs
4. Conde Nast Traveler
5. Instagram

2015 highlight of the year

My highlight of 2015 would probably have to be watching Fleetwood Mac in Perth's torrential downpour, and moving to Perth with the opportunity to discover and write about awesome new acts. 

prediction for 2016

A new cheeseburger to make you skinny and more surprises from Kanye.