The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Sam Jonscher

album of the year

1. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
3. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
4. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
5. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
6. James Blake - The Colour In Anything
7. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
8. Angel Olsen - My Woman
9. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
10. Julia Jacklin - Don't Let The Kids Win

song of the year

1. A Tribe Called Quest - We The People...
2. Sampha - Timmy's Prayer
3. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
4. Emel Mathlouthi - Ensen Dhaif
5. Chance The Rapper - No Problem

artist of the year

1. Chance The Rapper
2. A Tribe Called Quest
3. Esperanza Spalding
4. Angel Olsen
5. Julia Jacklin

international artist performance

1. Esperanza Spalding
2. Four Tet
3. James Blake
4. Kristin Hersh
5. The Internet

australian artist performance

1. Julia Jacklin
2. Tkay Maidza
3. Sampa The Great
4. Jen Cloher
5. Marcus Whale

2016 highlight of the year

Watching NSW-local Julia Jacklin perform in London. I started watching her in 2014 and it's been amazing to watch her take off. She is absolutely killing it.

prediction for 2017

We are going to be seeing a lot more Aussies on the international charts.