Tyson Wray
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Nocturnes WILLIAM BASINSKI
2. Excavation THE HAXAN CLOAK
3. R Plus Seven ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
4. 100% Galcher GALCHER LUSTWERK
5. Thank U 4 Letting Me Be Myself OMAR-S
6. No Answer: Lower Floors WOLF EYES
7. Kairos: Chronos HIGH WOLF
8. Music For Private Ensemble SEAN MCCANN
9. The Redeemer DEAN BLUNT
10. The Body PRINCE OF DENMARK
Honourable Mentions:Mimesiak GUNNAR HASLAM, Spaces NILS FRAHM, Pacifica SEGUE, Drone Logic DANIEL AVERY
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Gotham TEN WALLS
2. Feelin FLORIAN KUPFER
3. Amaze TEREKKE
4. XE2 MSSINGNO
5. Jump Bugs MAURICE FULTON
Honourable Mentions: Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles’ Crossfaderama) THE MOLE, Chrome Country ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, Virgins TIM HECKER, Send A Prayer Pt. 2 MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE
Lachlan Kanoniuk
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Purple Skies, Toxic River TV COLOURS
2. Calendar Days DICK DIVER
3. Yeezus KANYE WEST
4. Embracism KIRIN J CALLINAN
5. Immunity JON HOPKINS
6. The Electric Lady JANELLE MONAE
7. Free Your Mind CUT COPY
8. A History Of Hygiene THE STEVENS
9. P.Y.T. Pretty Young Thug LIL B
10. EP 2 FKA TWIGS
Honourable Mentions: No Enter BUSHWALKING, Phoenix JIMBLAH, Jumping The Shark ALEX CAMERON, Nothing Was The Same DRAKE, She Beats BEACHES, Old DANNY BROWN
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Landslide KIRIN J CALLINAN
2. Rich As Fuck LIL WAYNE FEAT. 2 CHAINZ
3. Feeling CLIENT LIAISON
4. Only Sixteen RACE BANYON
5. Birth In Reverse ST VINCENT
Honourable Mentions: Beverly TV COLOURS, Alice DICK DIVER, Q.U.E.E.N JANELLE MONAE, Open Eye Signal JON HOPKINS, Play By Play AUTRE NE VEUT, Wrecking Ball MILEY CYRUS, Hey Now THE ANCIENTS, Get Lucky DAFT PUNK
Augustus Welby
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Wakin On a Pretty Daze KURT VILE
2. Calendar Days DICK DIVER
3. I See Seaweed THE DRONES
4. Modern Vampires Of The City VAMPIRE WEEKEND
5. II UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
6. Not Art BIG SCARY
7. Light Up Gold PARQUET COURTS
8. Once I Was An Eagle LAURA MARLING
9. Push The Sky Away NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
10. Monomania DEERHUNTER
Honourable Mentions: Fade YO LA TENGO, Trouble Will Find Me THE NATIONAL, AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. I See Seaweed THE DRONES
2. New Slaves KANYE WEST
3. Freaking Out The Neighbourhood MAC DEMARCO
4. Avant Gardener COURTNEY BARNETT
5. Alice DICK DIVER
Honourable Mentions: So Good At Being In Trouble UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, Fakin’ NYC SCOTT AND CHARLENE’S WEDDING, Ingénue ATOMS FOR PEACE
Nick ‘Nick Taras’ Taras
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Kate G TINDER
2. Jen M E-HARMONY
3. Shane Watson cover drive THE ASHES
4. Michael Clarke reverse sweep THE ASHES
5. Strawberry & Cream single scoop BEN & JERRY’S
Top Five Gigs Of The Year:
1. Iron Man 3 9.25 gigabytes
2. The Sopranos season 6 7.22 gigabytes
3. Carl Sagan’s COSMOS 6.9 gigabytes
4. Antiques Roadshow 5.5 gigabytes
5. Funny Foosball Bloopers 3 gigabytes
Honourable Mentions: Watchmen, Planet Earth, Hilarious Choir Fails 3
Chris Bright
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. II UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
2. AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
3. Out Of Touch, In The Wild DUTCH UNCLES
4. Anything In Return TORO Y MOI
5. Is This How You Feel? THE PREATURES
6. Calendar Days DICK DIVER
7. Crimes of Passion CROCODILES
8. Howlin’ JAGWAR MA
9. Hobo Rocket POND
10. Monomania DEERHUNTER
Honourable Mentions: Float Along/Fill Your Lungs KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, Because the Internet CHILDISH GAMBINO, Not Art BIG SCARY
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Arabella ARCTIC MONKEYS
2. So Good At Being In Trouble UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
3. Manic Baby THE PREATURES
4. Get Lucky DAFT PUNK
5. Black Skinhead KANYE WEST
Honourable Mentions: Diane Young VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Do I Wanna Know ARCTIC MONKEYS, 3005 CHILDISH GAMBINO
Dan Watt
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Float Along / Fill Your Lungs KING GIZZARD AND THE WIZARD LIZARD
2. Government Plates DEATH GRIPS
3. Slow Focus FUCK BUTTONS
4. Lost TRENTEMØLLER
5. Repave VOLCANO CHOIR
6. I’m Not Right CLOWNS
7. Great Shakes THE GRAND RAPIDS
8. Hair Machine EP ATOLLS
9. Holy Fire FOALS
10. Sleeper TY SEGALL
Honourable Mentions: She Beats BEACHES
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Honey Garden GALAXY FOLK
2. The Keepers TY SEGALL
3. You May Think He Loves You For Your Money But I Know What He Really Loves You For It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat DEATH GRIPS
4. You’ve Got The Cure CLOWNS
5. Head On / Pill KING GIZZARD AND THE WIZARD LIZARD
Honourable Mentions: Her Names Is Ash (And She Won’t Have Pash Rash [For A Little While]) DENVER MAXX, His Names Is Thom He Swims With Dolphins DENVER MAXX
Krissi Weiss
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Evil Friends PORTUGAL. THE MAN
2. Woman RHYE
3. Trouble Will Find Me THE NATIONAL
4. March Fires BIRDS OF TOKYO
5. Asymmetry KARNIVOOL
6. Atlas RUFUS
7. Bankrupt! PHOENIX
8. Lightning Bolt PEARL JAM
9. Pure Heroine LORDE
10. Random Access Memories DAFT PUNK
Honourable Mentions: Bangerz MILEY CYRUS, Mechanical Bull KINGS OF LEON, AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Get Lucky DAFT PUNK
2. Riptide VANCE JOY
3. Wrecking Ball MILEY CYRUS
4. Lanterns BIRDS OF TOKYO
5. Royals LORDE
Honourable Mentions: Sirens PEARL JAM, Home GABRIELLE APLIN, Ways To Go GROUPLOVE
Sam Wilson
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. II MODERAT
2. Rival Dealer EP BURIAL
3. The Electric Lady JANELLE MONAE
4. Overgrown JAMES BLAKE
5. Les Revenants OST MOGWAI
6. Obsidian BATHS
7. Shaking the Habitual THE KNIFE
8. Tomorrow’s Harvest BOARDS OF CANADA
9. Lanterns SON LUX
10. If You Wait LONDON GRAMMAR
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Bad Kingdom MODERAT
2. Q.U.E.E.N. JANELLE MONAE
3. Retrograde JAMES BLAKE
4. Remurdered MOGWAI
5. Comrade VOLCANO CHOIR
Rod Whitfield
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. The Catalyst Fire DEAD LETTER CIRCUS
2. Inside/Out SLEEP PARADE
3. Living Mirrors DISPERSE
4. Altered State TESSERACT
5. Infinitas CIRCLES
6. Connection BELLUSIRA
7. In Rico Glaciers SONS OF RICO
8. Back to Where You’ve Never Been HACRIDE
9. In this Life VIRGIL DONATI
10. Scryers of the Ibis OVID’S WITHERING
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. 2.09 SLEEP PARADE
2. Enigma of Abode DISPERSE
3. Lodestar DEAD LETTER CIRCUS
4. Visions CIRCLES
5. Cachango BELLUSIRA
Honourable Mentions: I Am KARNIVOOL, Nocturne TESSERACT, Witness THE NERVE, Dance Like No One’s Watching JERICCO, Stones and Sounds AURAL WINDOW, Aubade GLASFROSCH, Just My Type SONS OF RICO, In My Arms til the End LIKE THIEVES
Peter Hodgson
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. David Bowie THE NEXT DAY
2. Dream Theater DREAM THEATER
3. Black Sabbath 13
4. Dillinger Escape Plan ONE OF US IS THE KILLER
5. James LaBrie IMPERMANENT RESONANCE
6. Long Holiday GREETINGS FROM
7. Steven Wilson THE RAVEN THAT REFUSED TO SING (AND OTHER STORIES)
8. Queensryche QUEENSRYCHE
9. Black Star Riders ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE
10. Bruce Bouillet THE ORDER OF CONTROL
Honourable Mentions: Soulfly SAVAGES, The Devil Wears Prada 8:18, Scar The Martyr SCAR THE MARTYR.
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
Singles? Metal bands are too brutal for singles.
Rei Barker
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Unreleased WINTERPLAN
2. Float Along- Fill Your Lungs KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZZARD WIZARD
3. Oil City One Step SKYSCRAPER STAN AND THE COMISSION FLATS
4. Marshall Mathers LP 2 EMINEM
5. Long Live A$ap A$AP ROCKY
6. The Next Day DAVID BOWIE
7. Saaab Stories ACTION BRONSON
8. Seasons of your Day MAZZY STAR
9. DELTRON 3030: Event 2 DELTRON 3030
10. Bangerz MILEY CYRUS
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. $werve DJ BUTCHER
2. Wrecking Ball MILEY CYRUS
3. Rap God EMINEM
4. Royals LORDE
5. Head in the Sand WHITE SUMMER
Honourable Mentions: Splasssshhh OSCAR BUCKWILDE
Emily Kelly
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Dead Language THE FLATLINERS
2.The Things We Think We’re Missing BALANCE AND COMPOSURE
3.The Hurry and The Harm CITY AND COLOUR
4. Yeezus KANYE WEST
5. How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident FUTURE OF THE LEFT
6. Rainbows In Space THE BENNIES
7. The Bronx THE BRONX IV
8. The Constant One IRON CHIC
9. Partycrasher A WILHELM SCREAM
10. Death Beat HIGH TENSION
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1.Two Notes Shy Of An Octave RED CITY RADIO
2. Soulmate STRUNG OUT
3. Donny’s Woods DRUG CHURCH
4. Dont Fuck With Our Dreams THE SMITH STREET BAND
5. Black Skinhead KANYE WEST
Christopher Lewis
Top 10 Albums Of The Year:
1. AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
2. Trouble Will Find Me THE NATIONAL
3. Overgrown JAMES BLAKE
4. Free Your Mind CUT COPY
5. The North Borders BONOBO
6. Modern Vampires Of The City VAMPIRE WEEKEND
7. Calender Days DICK DIVER
8. Repave VOLCANO CHOIR
9. Cold Spring Fault Less Youth MOUNT KIMBIE
10. Immunity JON HOPKINS
Honourable Mentions: Walkin’ On A Pretty Daze KURT VILE, Not Art BIG SCARY, Reflektor ARCADE FIRE
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Feeling CLIENT LIAISON
2. Do I Wanna Know? ARCTIC MONKEYS
3. Retrograde JAMES BLAKE
4. Get Lucky DAFT PUNK
5. Avant Gardener COURTNEY BARNETT
Honourable Mentions: Broken JAKE BUGG, I Miss You TA-KU, Royals LORDE
Hannah Millar
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. 7”s TOTAL CONTROL
2. Run Fast THE JULIE RUIN
3. Purple Skies, Toxic River TV COLOURS
4. Street Punk HUNX AND HIS PUNX
5. Floating Coffin THEE OH SEES
6. Dreams in the Rathouse SHANNON AND THE CLAMS
7. Cupid Deluxe BLOOD ORANGE
8. Psycho Tropical Berlin LE FEMME
9. Ooga Boogas OOGA BOOGAS
10. Drifters/Love is the Devil DIRTY BEACHES
Honourable Mentions: Float Along – Fill Your Lungs KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD, The Living Eyes THE LIVING EYES, Pagan Kiss THE HUSSY
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Food For Clouds THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE
2. Oh Come On THE JULIE RUIN
3. Sex In The Chill Zone OOGA BOOGAS
4. Time will Tell BLOOD ORANGE
5. Unholy SURF DAD
Honourable Mentions: Giant Tortoise POND, 30 past 7 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD, You’re Not Good Enough BLOOD ORANGE
Kish Lal
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Drone Logic DANIEL AVERY
2. Nothing Was The Same DRAKE
3. Random Access Memories DAFT PUNK
4. R Plus Seven ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
5. Immunity JON HOPKINS
6. Yeezus KANYE WEST
7. Aleph GESAFFELSTEIN
8. Amygdala DJ KOZE
9. Obsidian BATHS
10. Thank U 4 Letting Me Be Myself OMAR S
Honourable Mention: Beautiful Rewind FOUR TET, Cupid’s Head THE FIELD, Joy One Mile STELLAR OM SOURCE
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. So Will Be Now (Club Revision) JOHN TALABOT feat. PIONAL
2. Monday ALIEN ALIEN
3. Come Down To Us BURIAL
4. Thinking Allowed TORNADO WALLACE
5. Hold On, We’re Going Home DRAKE
Honourable Mention: Blue NAYSAYER & GILSUN, Bound 2 KANYE WEST, What They Say ANDRAS feat. OSCAR S. THORN
Nick Mason
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Heartthrob TEGAN AND SARA
2. The Speed Of Things DALE EARNHARDT JR JR
3. Body Music ALUNA GEORGE
4. The Shocking Miss Emerald CARO EMERALD
5. Summer Camp SUMMER CAMP
6. Volume Three SHE AND HIM
7. More Than Just A Dream FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
8. Days Are Gone HAIM
9. Optica SHOUT OUT LOUDS
10. One Breath ANNA CALVI
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Nightlight DUNGEONESSE
2. (Everything Is) Debatable HELLOGOODBYE
3. Goodbye Goodbye TEGAN AND SARA
4. The Wire HAIM
5. Royals LORDE
Thomas Bailey
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Deleted Scenes STANDISH CARLYON
2. Free Your Mind CUT COPY
3. Hesitation Marks NINE INCH NAILS
4. Reflektor ARCADE FIRE
5. World’s End Press WORLD’S END PRESS
6. Uncanny Valley MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
7. Immunity JON HOPKINS
8. Elements Of Light PANTHA DU PRINCE
9. Weekend UNDERGROUND LOVERS
10. Homosapien PVT
Honourable Mentions: Push The Sky Away NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS; Delta Machine DEPECHE MODE; Hypnotiser CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Should Be Higher DEPECHE MODE
2. Love Hurt Bleed GARY NUMAN
3. Reflektor ARCADE FIRE
4. Let Me Show You Love CUT COPY
5. Deadbeat Sweetheart WORLD’S END PRESS
Honourable Mentions: Copy Of A NINE INCH NAILS
Dina Amin
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Tawk Tomahawk HIATUS KAIYOTE
2. Black Radio 2 THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
3. If You Wait LONDON GRAMMAR
4. Overgrown JAMES BLAKE
5. Sleep In The Water SNAKADAKTAL
6. Blackbird FAT FREDDY’S DROP
7. No Beginning No End JOSE JAMES
8. Feel Good THE INTERNET
9. Slow Bark OLIVER MANN
10. Beginnings and Endings BRIGHTLY
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. The World Softly Lulls HIATUS KAIYOTE
2. Boom Child HIATUS KAIYOTE
3. Mobias Streak HIATUS KAIYOTE
4. Hey Now LONDON GRAMMAR
5. What Are We Doing ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
Honourable Mentions: Trouble JOSE JAMES, Blackbird FAT FREDDY’S DROP, Calls ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
Mimi Velevska
Top Ten Albums Of The Year:
1. Aleph GESAFFELSTEIN
2. Beyonce BEYONCE
3. Old DANNY BROWN
4. Caress Your Soul STICKY FINGERS
5. Free the Universe MAJOR LAZER
6. Is This How You Feel? THE PREATURES
7. Yeezus KANYE WEST
8. The Electric Lady JANELLE MONAE
9. Settle DISCLOSURE
10. ..Like Clockwork QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Top Five Singles Of The Year:
1. Pursuit GESAFFELSTEIN
2. Do You MIGUEL (CASHMERE CAT REMIX)
3. Subliminally STANDISH/CARLYON
4. Latch DISCLOSURE
5. Ballad of the War Machine MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
Honourable Mentions: When a Fire Starts to Burn DISCLOSURE, Jessica MAJOR LAZER FEAT. EZRA KOENIG