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The Music 2021 Writers' Poll: Roshan Clerke

Staff Writer

Here's what The Music's team rated in 2021…

Album Of The Year

  1. The Weather Station - Ignorance       
  2. The War On Drugs - I Don’t Live Here Anymore         
  3. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature    
  4. Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind 
  5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000    
  6. Liz Stringer - First Time Really Feeling 
  7. Lucy Dacus - Home Video       
  8. Parquet Courts - Sympathy For Life    
  9. Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort To Me 
  10. Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood  

Song Of The Year

  1. Cassandra Jenkins - Hard Drive
  2. The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You
  3. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
  4. Amyl & the Sniffers - Snakes 
  5. ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down

TV Show Of The Year

  1. Mare Of Easttown      
  2. The White Lotus          
  3. Search Party    

Film Of The Year

  1. First Cow         
  2. The Power Of The Dog            
  3. The Card Counter        

Highlight Of The Year

Taking a break from writing.  

Prediction For Next Year

More writing!