The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Mac McNaughton

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Aphex Twin - Syro
2. Tom Vek - Luck
3. Röyksopp - The Inevitable End
4. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
5. Elbow - The Take Off & Landing Of Everything
6. Philip Selway - Weatherhouse
7. Kasabian - 48:13
8. Kylie Minogue - Kiss Me Once
9. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
10. The Tea Party - The Ocean At The End

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Röyksopp ft Jamie Irrepressible - I Had This Thing
2. Elbow - New York Morning
3. Tom Vek - Sherman (Animals In The Jungle)
4. The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
5. Kasabian - eez-eh

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Aphex Twin
2. David Bowie
3. Shit Robot
4. Karl Hyde
5. Sampology

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Queens Of The Stone Age
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. DJ Shadow
4. Gary Numan
5. Kim Wilde

TOP TV SHOW

1. Wentworth
2. The Newsroom
3. Fargo
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Good Game

TOP MOVIE

1. The Normal Heart
2. X-Men: Days Of Future Past
3. Interstellar
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Guardians Of The Galaxy

TOP WEBSITE

1. theMusic.com.au
2. TV Tonight
3. Pitchfork
4. ABC iview
5. Facebook

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

My CD collection bursting through the 2,600 barrier in a time when more and more of my mates haven't bought an album in over two years. C'mon, guys: rediscover and wonder of a relationship with an actual album!

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Society gets dumber as social media gets closer to being physically hardwired into our brains. On the other hand, being able to switch off the latest YouTube irritant pop star in literally a blink of an eye will be a good thing.