The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Rosie Piper

24 December 2019 | 5:00 pm | Rosie Piper

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

Album Of The Year

  1. Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs
  2. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
  3. Mannequin Pussy - Patience
  4. black midi - Schlagenheim
  5. FKA twigs - Magdalene
  6. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
  7. Marika Hackman - Any Human Friend
  8. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
  9. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold
  10. Big Thief - Two Hands



Song Of The Year

  1. Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II
  2. Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs
  3. Big Thief - Not
  4. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
  5. Pond - Daisy


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Artist Of The Year

  1. Lizzo
  2. Mannequin Pussy
  3. Stella Donnelly
  4. Big Thief
  5. James Acaster


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Parquet Courts
  2. Khruangbin
  3. James Acaster
  4. Daniel Kitson
  5. Alvvays


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Stella Donnelly
  2. Confidence Man
  3. Cassie Workman
  4. Dan Rath
  5. Sam Campbell


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Big Mouth
  2. Fleabag
  3. BoJack Horseman


Movie Of The Year

  1. Toy Story 4


Highlight Of The Decade

The emergence of women in comedy has been wonderful to watch. It is a truly fantastic time to go and see amazing women in Australian comedy. Becky Lucas recently smashed her set on Conan and femmes are crushing it at gigs all over the country. Here’s a (by no means exhaustive) list of some of my friends who are doing awesome stuff in comedy and who’ve really made me laugh in recent years: Bec Charlwood, Fiona Cox, Lauren Bonner, Bea Barbeau-Scurla, Concetta Caristo, Steph Broadbridge, Jacqueline Mifsud, Elouise Eftos, Cait Johnson, Eve Ellenbogen, Alex Jae, Jacinta Gregory, Cassie Workman, Zoe Coombs Marr, Erin Michelle, Grace Jarvis, and, for good measure, one man, Ben Kochan.

Prediction For Next Decade 

More and more trans artists being given a platform to showcase their stories and art. And the lotto numbers are 6, 47, 23, 38, 52 and the supplementaries are 8 and 19.