The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Velociraptor - Velociraptor
2. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
3. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags
4. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
5. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
6. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
8. The Grates - Dream Team
9. Fun Machine - Bodies On
10. Taylor Swift - 1989

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Babaganouj - Bluff
2. Velociraptor - Ramona
3. Speedy Ortiz - American Horror
4. Anamanaguchi - Pop It
5. St. Vincent - Birth In Reverse

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Velociraptor
2. The Grates
3. Hockey Dad
4. Bloods
5. Weezer

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Mac DeMarco
2. Born Ruffians
3. The Front Bottoms
4. Frightened Rabbit
5. Parquet Courts

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Velociraptor
2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
3. Fun Machine
4. Donny Benét
5. March Of The Real Fly

TOP TV SHOW

1. Mad Men
2. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
3. True Detective
4. Silicon Valley
5. Comedy Bang! Bang!

TOP MOVIE

1. Her
2. Interstellar
3. They Came Together
4. Gone Girl
5. Harmontown

TOP WEBSITE

1. ClickHole
2. Junkee
3. Happy
4. Bandcamp
5. Reductress

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

My highlight would have to be discovering a podcast wherein two NZ comics watch and review the movie Grown Ups 2, over and over, once a week for a whole calendar year. It's aptly named The Worst Idea Of All Time Podcast, and it's totally the best idea of all time.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

The music media will be shocked at the revelation that David Byrne pulled a Songs Of Innocence all the way back in 2001, when Like Humans Do was preloaded onto Windows Media Player. It'll irreparably damage Byrne's good name - but maybe Rolling Stone will call it his best work.