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The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Ben Meyer

Ben Meyer

Freelancer

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  1. Fishing - Shy Glow
  2. Seekae - The Worry
  3. Caribou - Our Love
  4. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
  5. Twin Beasts - Badlove
  6. St Vincent - St Vincent
  7. Cloud Control - Dream Cave Unplugged
  8. FKA Twigs - LP1
  9. Flaming Lips - With A Little Help From My Fwends
  10. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

SONG OF THE YEAR

  1. Fishing - Your Mouth
  2. Seekae - Boys
  3. Twin Beasts - Sweet Marie
  4. Cloud Control - Scar
  5. Tiny Ruins - Carriages

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  1. Courtney Barnett
  2. Tiny Ruins
  3. Dan Kelly
  4. Fishing
  5. Seekae

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Charles Bradley
  2. Mark Pritchard
  3. Yo La Tengo
  4. Miley Cyrus
  5. Flying Lotus

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Seekae
  2. Fishing
  3. Cloud Control
  4. Twin Beasts
  5. The Drones

TOP TV SHOW

  1. The Knick
  2. The Bachelor
  3. Masters of Sex
  4. Game Of Thrones
  5. Orange Is The New Black

TOP MOVIE

  1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  2. Snowpiercer
  3. Nightcrawler
  4. Boyhood
  5. Noah

TOP WEBSITE

  1. Spotify
  2. SoundCloud
  3. The Guardian
  4. New Matilda
  5. ABC News

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Top knots.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

An international climate change agreement.