The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Elliot Oakes

album of the year

1. PUP - The Dream Is Over
2. Camp Cope - Camp Cope
3. Hannahband - Quitting Will Improve Your Health
4. Moose Blood - Blush
5. Luca Brasi - If This Is All We're Going To Be
6. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
7. Ceres - Drag It Down On You
8. Ball Park Music - Every Night The Same Dream
9. Big Scary - Animal

song of the year

1. Hyder Seek - Armed With The Past
2. Camp Cope - Keep Growing
3. Hannahband - 29er
4. PUP - DVP
5. The Hard Aches - Incoherent

artist of the year

1. The Hard Aches
2. Camp Cope
3. PUP
4. FOLEY!
5. Hyder Seek

international artist performance

1. Moose Blood
2. FIDLAR
3. Rozwell Kid
4. Twenty One Pilots

australian artist performance

1. Gang Of Youths
2. FOLEY!
3. The Hard Aches
4. Ball Park Music
5. Hyder Seek

top tv show

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2. Stranger Things
3. How To Get Away With Murder

top website

1. The Music
2. Netflix
3. Vice

2016 highlight of the year

Party Party Part-Sea! A huge weekend full of beautiful friends, music, booze and other things I probably shouldn't have put into my body. Can't wait for the 2017 instalment. Also seeing heaps of friends' hard work pay off regarding their incredible music (Hard Aches, Camp Cope, Hyder Seek, just to name a few).

prediction for 2017

No doubt another massive year for live music, Aussie bands especially. Looking forward to what the year ahead will bring.