The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Antony Attridge

Album Of The Year

1. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride
2. Sampa The Great - The Return
   
3. EarthGang - Mirrorland
4. Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse
5. Gang Starr - One Of The Best Yet
6. Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
   
7. Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning
8. The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow
   
9. Brother Ali - Secrets & Escapes
10. Billy Hoyle - Bruxo

Song Of The Year

1. Sampa The Great - Final Form
2. TELL - De-Evolution
3. Broken Bells - Good Luck
4. L-FRESH The LION - Born To Stand Out
5. Gang Starr - Family And Loyalty

Artist Of The Year

1. Sampa The Great
2. Danger Mouse
3. Caiti Baker
4. Hilltop Hoods
5. Genesis Owusu

International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Eminem
2. Childish Gambino
3. Death Cab For Cutie
4. AB Original
5. Royce Da 5'9"

Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Hilltop Hoods
2. Sampa The Great
3. Dirty Three
4. AB Original
5. Genesis Owusu

TV Show Of The Year

1. Hip Hop Evolution
   
2. Trigger Warning With Killer Mike
   
3. Money Heist

Movie Of The Year

1. Avengers: Endgame
   
2. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
3. The Lion King

Highlight Of The Decade 

Personal: Earning industry support to create hip hop documentary, Burn Gently.
Musically: Childish Gambino, basically any time he did anything.

Prediction For Next Decade

I hope music will continue to diversify, to look past colour, status, location etc... And I hope the watered-down nature of the industry becomes more open-minded in relation to competition. There's a whole lot of 'limelight' out there and it needs to come from more than one lighthouse...