The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Jake Sun

album of the year

1. Swans — Deliquescence
2. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
3. Fever Ray — Plunge
4. The Necks — Unfold
5. LCD Soundsystem — American Dream
6. The War On Drugs — A Deeper Understanding 
7. Slowdive — Slowdive
8. Broken Social Scene — Hug Of Thunder
9. Lawrence English — Cruel Optimism
10. The Horrors — V

song of the year

1. Mogwai — Party In The Dark
2. Bjork — The Gateway
3. Beck — Wow
4. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez — To Kill A Chi Chi
5. Kimbra — Everybody Knows

artist of the year

1. David Lynch
2. Swans
3. Kendrick Lamar
4. Fever Ray
5. LCD Soundsystem

international performance of the year

1. Death Grips
2. Sigur Ros
3. Meshuggah/Neurosis
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. DJ Shadow

Australian performance of the year

1. The Necks
2. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
3. The Presets
4. Tame Impala
5. Lawrence English

top tv show

1. Twin Peaks

top tv show

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Moonlight
3. Dunkirk

highlight of the year

David Lynch's exquisite return to Twin Peaks. Never before has TV reached such heights.