The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Donald Finlayson

24 December 2019 | 5:13 pm | Donald Finlayson

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…

Album Of The Year

  1. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
  2. Tyler, The Creator - Igor
  3. I Know Leopard - Love Is A Landmine
  4. Kanye West - Jesus Is King
  5. Sun Kil Moon - I Also Want To Die In New Orleans
  6. Taylor Swift - Lover
  7. Alex Cameron - Miami Memory



Song Of The Year

  1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
  2. Alex Cameron - Divorce
  3. Tyler, The Creator - Earfquake


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International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Sun Kil Moon
  2. They Might Be Giants
  3. Joyce Manor
  4. Kurt Vile


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Skegss


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Chernobyl


Movie Of The Year

  1. Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
  2. The Farewell
  3. Joker



Highlight Of The Decade

Smash Mouth concert.

Prediction For Next Decade 

VR funerals; 3D-printed opiates; public toilets require Facebook authentication; escape room-themed pornography; Mother Teresa gets cancelled; the Communist Party Of China acquire Marvel Studios; Amazon-sponsored prison-industrial complex; tooth piercings; full body cavity search at airport security; vaping revealed to be more harmful than asbestos; Frozen-themed CBD for kids; organ harvesting on Facebook Marketplace; deepfake technology to pretend you're at a party on your Instagram story; Pluto recognised as a proper planet, again; controversial streaming service for old, racist Disney/Looney Toons animations; Charli XCX-themed coffins; UberEats for ketamine; Billie Eilish Halloween costumes; pop culture becomes obsessed with the early to mid-'00s. Stranger Things reboot set in 2003; retina tattoos; Borat reboot.