The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Tom Hersey

album of the year

1. Billy Woods — Today, I Wrote Nothing
2. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Napalm Death — Apex Predator - Easy Meat
4. Blacklisted — When People Grow, People Go
5. Ghostface Killah & Badbadnotgood — Sour Soul
6. The Sword — High Country
7. Ghost — Meliora
8. FIDLAR — Too
9. Wavves — V
10. Raised Fist — From the North

song of the year

1. Billy Woods — Lost Blocks
2. Kendrick Lamar — For Free?
3. Kendrick Lamar — King Kunta
4. FIDLAR — Sober
5. Marlon Williams — Dark Child

Artist of the year

1. Pusha T
2. Kendrick Lamar
3. Billy Woods
4. High On Fire
5. Ghost

International artist Performance 

1. Run The Jewels
2. Boris
3. Knxwledge
4. Blacklisted
5. Abbath

Australian artist Performance

1. Marlon Williams
2. Violent Soho
3. Shackles
4. Mad Nana 
5. The Waifs

top tv show

1. The Amazing Race
2. You're The Worst
3. Kroll Show
4. Girls
5. Fresh Off The Boat

top movie

1. The Lobster
2. Far From Men
3. Mistress America
4. While We're Young
5. Jurassic World

top website

1. Google
2. Facebook
3. Wikipedia
4. AV Club
5. Pitchfork

2015 highlight of the year

The robot.

prediction for 2016

Soundwave's swansong.