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The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Kate Kingsmill

Kate Kingsmill

Album of the year

  1. Sampha — Process
  2. Run the Jewels — RTJ3
  3. Overcoats — Young
  4. Jen Cloher — Jen Cloher
  5. Gold Class — Drum
  6. Sampa the Great — Birds and the Bee9
  7. Pretty City — Cancel The Future
  8. Loyle Carner — Yesterday's Gone
  9. Batpiss — Rest In Piss
  10. Jam Baxter — Mansion 38

Song of the year

  1. TomGirl — My Lovers
  2. Plastic — Has Anyone Ever Told You You're Alive
  3. Morning Morning — Homosapien
  4. Horace Bones — The Rats
  5. Sampha — Plastic 100c

Artist Of the year

  1. Horace Bones
  2. Boat Show
  3. The Peep Tempel
  4. Jen Cloher
  5. Gold Class

International Performance Of The Year 

  1. Chain & The Gang
  2. The Comet Is Coming
  3. The Specials

Australian Performance Of the year 

  1. Horace Bones
  2. The Peep Tempel
  3. Plastic
  4. Hot Sludge Fundae
  5. Dream Rimmy

Top movie

  1. Twentieth Century Women
  2. Call Me By Your Name
  3. Thor: Ragnarok