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The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Tim Finney

Tim Finney

album of the year

  1. Julia Holter — Have You In My Wilderness
  2. Grimes — Art Angels
  3. Vince Staples — Summertime '06
  4. Carly Rae Jepsen — Emotion
  5. Health — Death Magic
  6. Years & Years — Communion
  7. Dawn Richard — BlackHeart
  8. Miguel — Wildheart
  9. Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife
  10. Susanne Sundfor — Ten Love Songs

song of the year

  1. Grimes — Realiti
  2. Fetty Wap — Trap Queen
  3. Demi Lovato — Cool For The Summer
  4. Young Thug — Pacifier
  5. Kendrick Lamar — Alright

artist of the year

  1. Young Thug
  2. Grimes
  3. Kendrick Lamar
  4. Vince Staples
  5. Floating Points

International artist  Performance

  1. Rae Sremmurd
  2. The 1975
  3. Years & Years
  4. Rhye
  5. Floating Points

Australian artist Performance

  1. Late Nite Tuff Guy
  2. Courtney Barnett
  3. Whiskey Houston

top tv Show

  1. Mad Men
  2. Insiders
  3. The Killing Season
  4. Broad City
  5. The Americans

top movie

  1. Birdman
  2. Mad Max: Fury Road
  3. Inside Out
  4. Room
  5. It Follows

top website

  1. Clickhole
  2. Vox — Matthew Yglesias
  3. Rinse FM
  4. Tom and Lorenzo
  5. New York Magazine

2015 highlight of the year

Tony Abbott's sad denouement.

prediction for 2016

Big Audio Dynamite are gonna be cool again, 'cos I will make it happen.