The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Sevana Ohandjanian

album of the year

1. Jamie xx — In Colour
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor — Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
3. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
4. The Libertines — Anthems For Doomed Youth
5. HEALTH — Death Magic
6. Blanck Mass — Dumb Flesh
7. Blur — The Magic Whip
8. Lower Dens — Escape From Evil
9. Royal Headache — High

song of the year

1. The Weeknd — Can't Feel My Face
2. Drake — Hotline Bling
3. Justin Bieber — Sorry
4. Le1f — Koi
5. NAO — Inhale Exhale

artist of the year

1. Royal Headache
2. Vince Staples
3. Jenny Hval
4. Holly Herndon
5. Max Richter

international artist performance

1. Ben Frost & Tim Hecker
2. Blur
3. Taylor Swift
4. Olafur Arnalds
5. Jamie T

australian artist performance

1. Collarbones
2. PVT
3. Gold Class
4. Chris Abrahams & Louise Curham
5. friendships

top tv show

1. Peaky Blinders
2. Broadchurch
3. Master Of None
4. Broad City
5. Mad Men

top movie

1. Victoria
2. The Tribe
3. Tehran Taxi
4. Girlhood
5. My Love, Don't Cross That River

top website 

1. Shabby Doll House
2. Seizure
3. The New York Times
4. Stil In Berlin
5. The Guardian

2015 highlight of the year

Watching a 76,000 pax stadium light up in unison during Taylor Swift was pretty special.

prediction for 2016

Xavier Dolan directs Zayn Malik's first solo video — we all die a thousand deaths from the beauty of it all.