The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Sky Kirkham

album of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
2. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Chelsea Wolfe — Abyss
4. Holly Herndon — Platform
5. Low — Ones And Sixes
6. Rafael Anton Irisarri — A Fragile Geography
7. Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld — Never Were The Way She Was
8. Purity Ring — Another Eternity
9. Oneohtrix Point Never — Garden Of Delete
10. Benoit Pioulard — Sonnet

song of the year

1. Sufjan Stevens — The Only Thing
2. Grimes — Flesh Without Blood
3. Kendrick Lamar — Blacker The Berry
4. David Bowie — Blackstar
5. Purity Ring — Push Pull

artist of the year

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Sufjan Stevens
3. Grimes
4. Holly Herndon
5. Xiu Xiu

international artist performance

1. Grouper
2. Dan Deacon
3. This Will Destroy You

australian artist performance

1. Robin Fox
2. Six Ft Hick
3. Hazards Of Swimming Naked
4. McKisko
5. Tincture

top tv show

1. Game Of Thrones
2. Marvel's Jessica Jones
3. Fargo
4. Chef's Table

top movie

1. Clouds Of Sils Maria
2. The Look Of Silence
3. Mustang
4. Ex Machina

top website 

1. Twitter
2. The New Yorker
3. ABC News
4. The Guardian
5. Pitchfork

prediction for 2016

A return of the concept album for major artists.