The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Sara Tamim

album of the year

1. Dope Lemon - Honey Bones 
2. Cub Sport - This Is Our Vice
3. Hockey Dad - Boronia 
4. Sticky Fingers - Westway (The Glitter & The Slums) 
5. Flume - Skin 
6. Lisa Mitchell - Warriors 
7. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it 
8. Matt Corby - Telluric 
9. Tkay Maidza - TKAY
10. Shawn Mendes - Illuminate 

song of the year

1. Dope Lemon - Marinade 
2. Skegss - Mustang 
3. Jack River - Talk Like That
4. Golden Features feat. Julia Stone - Wolfie 
5. Nicole Millar - Signals 

artist of the year

1. Flume
2. Troye Sivan
3. Tkay Maidza 
4. Shawn Mendes 
5. Dope Lemon

international artist performance

1. Shawn Mendes

australian artist performance

1. Hockey Dad 
2. Violent Soho 
3. Skegss 
4. Kuren 
5. Dorsal Fins

live comedy act

1. Matt Okine

top tv show

1. The Wrong Girl 
2. Stranger Things

top website

1. Tumblr
2. Instagram
3. Ultimate Guitar

2016 highlight of the year

Angus Stone reading my review of Dope Lemon for The Music and sharing it! Also, their manager getting a hold of me to say how good they thought it was!

prediction for 2017

Music festivals, love and a whole heap of fun :)