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The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Kate Gillespie

Kate Gillespie

Freelancer

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  1. Kingswood - Microscopic Wars
  2. Dan Sultan - Blackbird
  3. The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
  4. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
  5. Sticky Fingers - Land Of Pleasure
  6. Steve Smyth - Exits
  7. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
  8. Thundamentals - So We Can Remember
  9. Kim Churchill - Silence/Win
  10. Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars

SONG OF THE YEAR

  1. The Preatures - Two Tone Melody
  2. Violent Soho - Fur Eyes
  3. Bad//Dreems - Dumb Ideas
  4. Sticky Fingers - Gold Snafu
  5. Kingswood - ICFTYDLM

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  1. The Preatures
  2. Chet Faker
  3. Violent Soho
  4. Kingswood
  5. Bad//Dreems

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Haim
  2. Grouplove
  3. Lorde
  4. The Rolling Stones
  5. Arcade Fire

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Bluejuice
  2. British India
  3. The Preatures
  4. Peking Duk
  5. Sticky Fingers

TOP TV SHOW

  1. Offspring
  2. Girls
  3. Modern Family
  4. Gotham
  5. New Girl

TOP MOVIE

  1. Gone Girl
  2. The Inbetweeners 2
  3. The Fault In Our Stars
  4. Boyhood
  5. Obvious Child

TOP WEBSITE

  1. triple j Unearthed
  2. Pedestrian TV
  3. Facebook
  4. Music SA
  5. Twitter

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Australian music absolutely killing it!

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Going to more and more live gigs and having a job I love!