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Writer's Poll - Cam Findlay

Cam Findlay, Alt-J, all the way.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. An Awesome Wave ALT-J
2. Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
3. Jiaolong DAPHNI
4. Centipede Hz ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
5. Neck Of The Woods SILVERSUN PICKUPS
6. Ultraista ULTRAISTA
7. Toward The Low Sun DIRTY THREE
8. King Animal SOUNDGARDEN
9. Piramida EFTERKLANG
10. Fear Fun FATHER JOHN MISTY

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Trilogy THE WEEKND
2. Forever Young: The Ska Collection MADNESS
3. +Dome Deluxe Edition SEEKAE

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Tesselate ALT-J
2. Today's Supernatural ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
3. Song For No One MIIKE SNOW
4. We Drift Like Worried Fire GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
5. Lost FRANK OCEAN

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Alt-J
2. Frank Ocean
3. Tame Impala
4. Gotye
5. Paul Dempsey

BEST WEBSITE

1. theMusic.com.au
2. vice.com
3. last.fm
4. everythingisterrible.com
5. cracked.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Sigur Ros
2. Fu Manchu
3. The Mountain Goats
4. The Smashing Pumpkins
5. Silversun Pickups

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. sleepmakeswaves
2. Sugar Army
3. Something For Kate
4. Paul Kelly
5. Split Seconds

BEST TV SHOW

1. Check It Out! With Dr Steve Brule
2. Superjail!

3. Children's Hospital
4. Hoarders
5. Swamp People

BEST MOVIE

1. The Avengers
2. Cloud Atlas
3. The Cabin In The Woods
4. Searching For Sugar Man
5. Moonrise Kingdom

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Being able to throw myself into music and the arts, and pretending it's work.

2013 PREDICTION

Well, I was wrong about the armageddon, so you're better off asking someone else.