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The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Anthony Carew

Anthony Carew

album of the year

  1. Julie Byrne — Not Even Happiness
  2. Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked At Me
  3. Father John Misty — Pure Comedy
  4. Dirty Projectors — Dirty Projectors
  5. Rostam — Half-Light
  6. Tei Shi — Crawl Space
  7. She-Devils — She-Devils
  8. Big Thief — Capacity
  9. Feist — Pleasure
  10. Jake Xerxes Fussell — What In The Natural World

song of the year 

  1. Dirty Projectors — Cool Your Heart
  2. Hundred Waters — Particle
  3. Japanese Breakfast — Till Death
  4. Strawberry Runners — Dog Days
  5. Doona Waves — Wategos

artist of the year

  1. Julie Byrne
  2. Moses Sumney
  3. Pinegrove
  4. Father John Misty
  5. Ian F Svenonius

international artist performance

  1. Julianna Barwick
  2. Moses Sumney
  3. Kelsey Lu
  4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  5. Spiritualized

australian artist performance

  1. Julia Jacklin
  2. Gabriella Cohen
  3. Two Steps On The Water
  4. On Diamond
  5. Doona Waves

top tv show

  1. Twin Peaks
  2. Master Of None
  3. BoJack Horseman

top movie

  1. The Square
  2. Call Me By Your Name
  3. Summer 1993

2017 highlight of the year

Not dying.

prediction for 2018

Stupidity reigns.