Writer's Poll - Andy Snelling

28 December 2012 | 3:11 pm | Andy Snelling

Sigur Rós cleans up in Andy Snelling's eyes.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. Valtari SIGUR RÓS
2. II BAD BOOKS
3. Milk Famous WHITE RABBITS
4. Port Of Morrow THE SHINS
5. The Plot Against Common Sense FUTURE OF THE LEFT
6. Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
7. Die Young COLLARBONES
8. The Lumineers THE LUMINEERS
9. Tough Love PULLED APART BY HORSES
10. My Head Is An Animal OF MONSTERS AND MEN

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. The Dark Knight Rises: OST HANS ZIMMER
2. Blue Lines (reissue) MASSIVE ATTACK
3. Triple J Hottest 100 Vol. 19 VARIOUS

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SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Ekki Múkk SIGUR RÓS
2. Varðeldur SIGUR RÓS
3. 42 BAD BOOKS
4. I'm Not Me WHITE RABBITS
5. Karmageddon ABBE MAY

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Sigur Rós
2. Radiohead
3. Bad Books
4. White Rabbits
5. Future Of The Left

BEST WEBSITE

1. themusic.com.au
2. bedwettingcosmonaut.com
3. rtrfm.com.au
4. spaceshipnews.com
5. wordpress.com

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Sigur Rós
2. Radiohead
3. Bon Iver
4. La Dispute
5. Mutemath

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. DZ Deathrays
2. Regurgitator
3. The Panics
4. Bandito Folk

BEST TV SHOW

1. Archer
2. Game Of Thrones
3. The Newsroom
4. Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
5. Rage

BEST MOVIE

1. The Intouchables
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Skyfall
4. Men In Black III
5. Looper

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Seeing Sigur Rós and Radiohead within four days of each other.

2013 PREDICTION

A further resurgence of '90s-inspired guitar bands.