The Music 2020 Writers' Poll: Andrew Mast

31 December 2020 | 12:23 pm | Andrew Mast

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2020…

Album Of The Year

  1. RVG - Feral
  2. Alice Ivy - Don't Sleep
  3. Miiesha - Nyaaringu
  4. SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)
  5. Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol 2
  6. Roisin Murphy - Roisin Machine
  7. Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
  8. Ben Watt - Storm Damage
  9. The Apartments - In And Out Of The Light
  10. Truckstop Honeymoon - Magical Creatures



Song Of The Year

  1. Harper Bloom - Walk My Way
  2. June Jones - Jenny (Breathe)
  3. ASHWARYA - PSYCHO HOLE
  4. CLYPSO - Storm
  5. Orville Peck & Shania Twain - Legends Never Die
  6. Great Gable - Blur
  7. Grouplove - Deleter
  8. Stace Cadet feat KLP - Energy
  9. The Bamboos - Hard Up
  10. Obscura Hail - Doomer
  11. Overcoats - Apathetic Boys
  12. Beans - Stride
  13. Nat Vazer - Higher Places
  14. Hauskey - Slow
  15. Alex Ebert - Stronger
  16. Sunfruits - Above The Clouds
  17. E^ST - Maybe It's Me
  18. Spike Fuck + The Slingers - Kind Hearts
  19. Girl & Girl - Ocean Song
  20. Christine & The Queens - Je Disparais Dans Tes Bras
  21. Quakers feat Sampa The Great - Approach With Caution
  22. Jack Davies & The Bush Chooks - Frozen Beer
  23. Use No Hooks - The Hook
  24. Johnny Hunter - Try As You May
  25. Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard


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Cover Of The Year

  1. Alex The Astronaut - Mr Blue Sky
  2. Orville Peck - Smalltown Boy
  3. NO ZU - Talking To A Stranger
  4. MANE - Old Town Road
  5. The Unrighteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling



Artist Of The Year

  1. June Jones 
  2. Orville Peck 
  3. Roisin Murphy


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Kevin Morby
  2. Roisin Murphy
  3. Lianne La Havas


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Hayley Mary
  2. Cry Club
  3. June Jones


TV Show Of The Year

  1. I May Destroy You
  2. We Are Who We Are
  3. Better Things 
  4. Devs 
  5. Small Axe: Lovers Rock 
  6. The Great
  7. I Hate Suzie
  8. Rosehaven
  9. Schitt's Creek
  10. Mrs America
  11. Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens
  12. Douglas
  13. Normal People
  14. Ramy
  15. Bob's Burgers
  16. Never Have I Ever
  17. Raised By Wolves
  18. What We Do In The Shadows
  19. Deutschland 89
  20. High Fidelity
  21. Pen15
  22. Taskmaster
  23. War Of The Worlds
  24. Stateless
  25. Year Of The Rabbit



Movie Of The Year

  1. i'm thinking of ending things
  2. Queen & Slim
  3. The Hunt


Highlight Of The Year

Hand sanitiser.

Prediction For Next Year

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