The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Ran Boss

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Ball Park Music - Puddinghead
2. Chet Faker - Built On Glass
3. Seekae - The Worry
4. Glass Animals - ZABA
5. #1 Dads - About Face
6. Metronomy - Love Letters
7. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
8. The Delta Riggs - Dipz Zebazios
9. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
10. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Ball Park Music - Cocaine Lion
2. Seekae - Test & Recognise
3. Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
4. Metronomy - I'm Aquarius
5. DZ Deathrays - Gina Works At Hearts

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Velociraptor
2. Basenji
3. Dune Rats
4. DZ Deathrays
5. Bad//Dreems

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Queens Of The Stone Age
2. Disclosure
3. Robert Delong
4. The Naked & Famous
5. Dizzee Rascal

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Violent Soho
2. Jungle Giants
3. Velociraptor
4. Flamingo
5. Bad//Dreems

TOP TV SHOW

1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
3. South Park
4. Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell
5. The Blacklist

TOP MOVIE

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy
2. Captain America: Winter Soldier
3. Son Of A Gun
4. Gone Girl
5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

TOP WEBSITE

1. Your Friends House
2. Pilerats
3. Kotaku
4. The Guardian
5. Kick Ass Torrents

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Shane Kang's short story Narcissist via Your Friends House reinvigorated my love for creative writing.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Another cracker for Aus music: particularly EDM. There is some spectacular summer sounds starting to swim around and I think we'll get lit up in the coming months. Also, more up-and-coming bands whose names start with C.