The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Fiona Cameron

album of the year

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
2. Birds Of Tokyo - Brace
3. Paul Kelly - Seven Sonnets & A Song
4. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
5. Kings Of Leon - Walls
6. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
7. Hellyeah - Unden!able
8. Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
9. Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers
10. Babymetal - Metal Resistance

song of the year

1. Birds Of Tokyo - Empire
2. Rob Zombie - Well, Everybody's Fucking In A UFO
3. Babymetal - Karate
4. Green Day - Still Breathing
5. Metallica - Atlas, Rise!

artist of the year

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2. TV On The Radio
3. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
4. Babymetal
5. The 1975

international artist performance

1. Dita Von Teese
2. The Cure
3. The Kills
4. Mark Lanegan Band
5. The Stone Roses

australian artist performance

1. Birds Of Tokyo
2. Boy & Bear
3. Dead Letter Circus
4. Robert Forster
5. Sticky Fingers

live comedy act

1. Margaret Cho
2. Julian Clary
3. Sammy J & Randy

top tv show

1. Halt And Catch Fire
2. The Fall
3. No Tomorrow

top movie

1. The Light Between Oceans
2. Suicide Squad
3. Sausage Party

top website

1. The Guardian
2. ExtraTorrent
3. Deadline

2016 highlight of the year

Spending a lot more time with the Sydney Hotshots.

prediction for 2017

The political instability will fuel the resurgence of angry punk and metal bands.