The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Ed Matthews

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
2. Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
3. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
4. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
5. Antlers - Familiars
6. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
7. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
8. FKA Twigs - LP1
9. Grouper - Ruins
10. Aphex Twin - Syro

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Parquet Courts - Instant Disassembly
2. Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
3. Ought - Habit
4. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
5. Damon Albarn - Heavy Seas Of Love

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Killer Mike
2. Hamilton Leithauser
3. Angel Olsen
4. Aphex Twin
5. Brian Eno

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Parquet Courts
2. Run The Jewels
3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
4. Savages
5. Kurt Vile

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Robert Forster
2. Courtney Barnett
3. REMI
4. Halfway
5. The Casuarinas

TOP TV SHOW

1. True Detective
2. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
3. Rick & Morty
4. Adventure Time
5. AFL 360

TOP MOVIE

1. Her
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
4. 20,000 Days On Earth
5. 22 Jump Street

TOP WEBSITE

1. Facebook
2. YouTube
3. The Guardian
4. My 247 Brisbane Cinema Guide
5. Pitchfork

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

A tie between watching the last episode of True Detective scared shitless in a Tuscan farmhouse at 3am Italian time, watching Future Islands on Letterman, and watching Liverpool beat Man City at the Pig'n'Whistle.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

Brisbane Lions to make the finals, Brisbane to flood twice in between record-breaking heat waves, Queensland Liberal Party to lose the election, Her-esque high pants to be the new fashion trend for men and the domestication of the dog to continue unabated.