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The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: MJ O'Neill

MJ O'Neill

album of the year

  1. The Bronx — V
  2. Syd — Fin
  3. The Smith Street Band — More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me
  4. Zola Jesus — Okovi
  5. St Vincent — Masseduction
  6. Julien Baker — Turn Out The Lights
  7. Wiley — Godfather
  8. Vince Staples — Big Fish Theory
  9. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
  10. REZZ — Mass Manipulation

song of the year

  1. Kardajala Kirridarra — Abala Barlawa​ (Everything Was At Peace)
  2. !!! — Dancing Is The Best Revenge
  3. Nick Murphy — Forget About Me
  4. Jorja Smith — Teenage Fantasy
  5. Garbage — No Horses

artist of the year

  1. Kardajala Kirridara
  2. Syd
  3. The Bronx
  4. Wiley
  5. Run The Jewels

international artist performance

  1. Underworld
  2. White Lung

australian artist performance

  1. PVT

top tv show

  1. Big Mouth
  2. Arrow
  3. Shetland

top movie

  1. Justice League
  2. The Fate Of The Furious
  3. John Wick: Chapter 2

2017 highlight of the year

Australia voting to legalise same sex marriage, even in a vote system specifically designed to appeal to conservatives and in the wake of a sustained campaign of hatred and lies.

prediction for 2018

By the close of 2018, we will have endured much worse than we currently anticipated. And, Wiley and Fall Out Boy will have both released albums full of bangers.