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The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Mark Neilsen

Mark Neilsen

Editor - The Music NSW

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  1. Moonlit Sailor - We Come From Exploding Stars
  2. sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography
  3. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
  4. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
  5. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
  6. Buried In Verona - Faceless
  7. Sincerely Grizzly - Halves
  8. Howling Bells - Heartstrings
  9. Shihad - FVEY
  10. Tycho - Awake

SONG OF THE YEAR

  1. Shihad - Think You're So Free
  2. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
  3. Vance Joy - Red Eye
  4. Mariachi El Bronx - High Tide
  5. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - How To Avoid Huge Ships

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  1. Violent Soho
  2. Iggy Azalea
  3. Sia
  4. sleepmakeswaves
  5. Taylor Swift

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. The Bronx
  2. Alice In Chains
  3. Vista Chino
  4. The Hives
  5. Richie Sambora

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Something For Kate
  2. Violent Soho
  3. Born Lion
  4. High Tension
  5. Citizen Kay

TOP TV SHOW

  1. Game Of Thrones
  2. Orphan Black
  3. The Walking Dead
  4. Hannibal
  5. The Fall

TOP MOVIE

  1. Guardians Of The Galaxy
  2. Her
  3. The Raid 2
  4. Interstellar
  5. Neighbours

TOP WEBSITE

  1. theMusic.com.au
  2. Bureau Of Meteorology
  3. Cricinfo
  4. TV Tonight
  5. Quickflix

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Any time a look of joy or wonder appears on the faces of my children.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Cricket will never be the same again.