The Music 2020 Writers' Poll: Mark Neilsen

30 December 2020 | 8:00 am | Mark Neilsen

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

Album Of The Year

  1. Cable Ties - Far Enough
  2. Solkyri - Mount Pleasant
  3. Something For Kate - The Modern Medieval
  4. Ratboys - Printer's Devil
  5. Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK
  6. beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers
  7. Barrens - Penumbra
  8. Vetty Vials - Conversations With Myself
  9. Deftones - Ohms
  10. Overcoats - The Fight



Song Of The Year

  1. Sweater Curse - Close
  2. Hayley Mary - Like A Woman Should
  3. Tired Lion - Waterbed
  4. SAULT - Stop Dem
  5. Fragile Animals - Only Until It's Over


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Artist Of The Year

  1. Run The Jewels
  2. Phoebe Bridgers
  3. Something For Kate


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Nandi Bushell
  2. Of Monsters & Men
  3. Metallica


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Paul Dempsey
  2. Cable Ties
  3. Adalita


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Kingdom
  2. Staged
  3. Rosehaven



Movie Of The Year

  1. The Vast Of Night
  2. Palm Springs
  3. Tenet


Highlight Of The Year

We got through it. It was touch and go there for a while.

Prediction For Next Year

After this year, nothing can happen that was as crazy as what happened this year.... could it?