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The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Melina Scarfo

Melina Scarfo

Freelancer

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  1. FKA Twigs - LP1
  2. PVRIS - White Noise
  3. The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
  4. Taylor Swift - 1989
  5. Mounties - Thrash Rock Legacy
  6. Sticky Fingers - Land Of Pleasure
  7. Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All
  8. Harts - Daydreamer
  9. MØ - No Mythologies To Follow
  10. Warpaint - Warpaint

SONG OF THE YEAR

  1. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
  2. MOVIE - Ads
  3. Sia - Chandelier
  4. Lana Del Rey - West Coast
  5. The Griswolds - Beware The Dog

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  1. The Preatures
  2. FKA Twigs
  3. Violent Soho
  4. Banoffee
  5. Basement

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Arctic Monkeys
  2. Haim
  3. Basement
  4. Neck Deep
  5. Paramore

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

  1. Violent Soho
  2. POND
  3. Northeast Party House
  4. Alpine
  5. Tonight Alive

TOP TV SHOW

  1. Orphan Black
  2. The Following
  3. Pretty Little Liars
  4. Ja'mie: Private School Girl
  5. First Contact

TOP MOVIE

  1. Gone Girl
  2. Maze Runner
  3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  4. Maleficent
  5. Divergent

TOP WEBSITE

  1. Tumblr
  2. Twitter
  3. Rip It Up
  4. City & Sound
  5. Birdee

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Watching Arctic Monkeys side-stage with my friend for the beginning of their set. Anything FKA Twigs does. The ‘90s fashion revival. Jelly sandals. Tonight Alive. The overuse of the word aesthetic.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

GLITTER.