The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Mac McNaughton

album of the year

1. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. Shit Robot - What Follows
3. Boxed In - Melt
4. James - Girl At The End Of The World
5. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
7. Metronomes - Going Somewhere
8. De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody
9. DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall

song of the year

1. Boxed In - Jist
2. Royksopp feat Susanne Sundfor - Never Ever
3. Portishead - SOS
4. James - Nothing But Love

artist of the year

1. David Bowie
2. Nick Cave
3. Heloise Letissier
4. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
5. Tomas Ford

international artist performance

1. New Order
2. James
3. The Cure
4. Hot Chip
5. Leftfield

australian artist performance

1. Custard
2. Regurgitator
3. Radarmaker
4. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
5. Tomas Ford

live comedy act

1. Larry Dean
2. Craig Hill

top tv show

1. Wentworth
2. Australian Survivor
3. Stranger Things

top movie

1. Deadpool
2. High-Rise
3. Eddie The Eagle

top website

1. The Music
2. TV Tonight

2016 highlight of the year

My partner letting me loose for a New Order week in Sydney, taking in two performances (+talks) inside the Opera House and (literally) soaking in the Vivid Festival lights.

prediction for 2017

Global popcorn shortage crisis! Terrorist groups spend less money on weapons and more on salty snacks as they kick back to watch Western society fuck itself up for them.