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The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Andy Hazel

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…

Album Of The Year

  1. Bill Callahan - Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest
  2. AM Reruns - AM Reruns
  3. Slag Queens - You Can't Go Out Like That
  4. Sacred Paws - Run Around the Sun
  5. Empath - Active Listening
  6. Art Of Fighting - Luna Low
  7. Monnone Alone - Summer Of The Mosquito
  8. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride
  9. Clams Casino - Moon Trip Radio
  10. Fontaines DC - Dogrel



Song Of The Year

  1. AM Reruns - Thrill Me
  2. FRITZ - Jan 1
  3. Slag Queens - Real 1
  4. A Swayze & The Ghosts - Connect To Consume
  5. Dry Cleaning - Magic Of Meghan



Artist Of The Year

  1. AM Reruns
  2. Slag Queens
  3. FRITZ
  4. A Swayze & The Ghosts
  5. RVG


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. U2
  2. Parquet Courts
  3. Ride
  4. A Place to Bury Strangers
  5. Against All Logic


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. FRITZ 
  2. Baker Boy
  3. AM Reruns
  4. Mallrat
  5. The Apartments


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Chernobyl
  2. Media Watch
  3. Veronica Mars



Movie Of The Year

  1. If Beale Street Could Talk
  2. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
  3. The Nightingale


Highlight Of The Decade

Overall, the resilience and growth of global protest movements. The thrill of seeing people tell stories on their terms and having a job where I help these stories get told. Personally, highlights came in moments: the return of Twin Peaks, the film Your Name, making podcasts, writing stories and the recurring feeling of needing to hear that song I've just heard for the first time again, right now.

Prediction For Next Year

The resilience and growth of protest movements and the Murdoch media empire to crash and burn.