The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Mitch Knox

24 December 2019 | 4:54 pm | Mitch Knox

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

Album Of The Year

  1. PUP - Morbid Stuff
  2. American Football - American Football (LP3)
  3. Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers - The Fall Of Hobo Johnson
  4. The Appleseed Cast - The Fleeting Light Of Impermanence
  5. Free Throw - What's Past Is Prologue
  6. Peaer - A Healthy Earth
  7. Slaughter Beach, Dog - Safe And Also No Fear
  8. Harmony Woods - Make Yourself At Home
  9. Oso Oso - Basking In The Glow
  10. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal - Suffer On



Song Of The Year

  1. PUP - Free At Last
  2. Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers - Subaru Crosstrek XV
  3. Mineral - Your Body Is The World
  4. Harmony Woods - Best Laid Plans
  5. American Football -  Uncomfortably Numb


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Artist Of The Year

  1. Hop Along
  2. PUP
  3. Hobo Johnson
  4. American Football
  5. Foxing


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Foxing
  2. Foxing
  3. Foxing
  4. Foxing
  5. Foxing


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Party Dozen
  2. L Flora
  3. Cry Club
  4. Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers
  5. Requin


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Doom Patrol
  2. The Boys
  3. Watchmen


Movie Of The Year

  1. Shazam!
  2. Avengers: Endgame
  3. Spider-Man: Far From Home



Highlight Of The Decade

To be clear, Vine is the only good thing to come out of the past ten years. Here is an incomplete list of Vines that make life worth living: You Are My Dad (You're My Dad!); Two Bros Chillin' In A Hot Tub; Grinch Yoga; Free Shavocado; Chris, Is That A Weed?; I'm An Adult Virgin; ...Adam!; I Could've Dropped My Croissant!; Are They Helium Balloons?; Ninki Minjaj; Well, When Life Gives You Lemons; 69 Cents (You Know What That Means); Who Is She?; Wii Toddler Bowling; Sneezed On The Beat/Beet; Is There Anything Better Than Pussy?; T-T-T-T-TARGET; Road Works Ahead... I could go on but, honestly, I'm just making myself sad. RIP Vine. Those that shine brightest burn quickest.


Prediction For Next Decade

Best case, things are similar to, but more sustainably minded than, now. Worst case, those of us not lost in environmental cataclysms will be left scavenging carrion in a Mad Max hellscape because Scott Morrison and the world's fellow bumblefucks-in-chief didn't get their shit together and take any meaningful action on the climate crisis while they still had a semblance of a chance. Hell of a coin flip, hey.