Get to know your favourite X-Press writers a little better this holiday break and get some fresh summer viewing and listening ideas while you’re at it! We asked our writers to name their best and worst albums, films, TV shows, songs and gigs, and while not everyone answered everything, we suspect what’s missing will tell you a little bit about this mad posse of individuals too…
HARVEY RAE:
TOP ALBUMS 2017
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Slowdive – Slowdive
3. Pond – The Weather
4. Boat Show – Groundbreaking Masterpiece
5. Fever Ray – Plunge
6. Perfume Genius – No Shape
7. Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister – Planetarium
8. Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
9. RVG – A Quality of Mercy
10. Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Raw
2. Detroit
3. Meal Tickets
4. The Disaster Artist
5. Wonder Woman
WORST FILM
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Fargo
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Stranger Things
4. Twin Peaks
5. Better Call Saul
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
House of Cards
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Pond – Edge of the World Pt. 2
2. Fever Ray – To The Moon and Back
3. LCD Soundsystem – How Do You Sleep?
4. Jessica Says – Xanax Baby
5. Dream Wife – Let’s Make Out
WORST SONG
The Rubens – Million Man
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Paul McCartney @ nib Stadium
2. Jambinai @ Festival Gardens
3. Guns N’ Roses @ Domain Stadium
4. Midnight Oil @ Perth Arena
5. PJ Harvey @ Freo Arts Centre
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Aristophanes @ Chevron Gardens (closely followed by Evan Dando @ Badlands)
KIERRA POLLOCK:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
2. BOAT SHOW – Groundbreaking Masterpiece
3. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
4. Methyl Ethel – Everything is Forgotten
5. Tired Lion – Dumb Days
6. POND – The Weather
7. Marika Hackman – I’m Not Your Man
8. The Big Moon – Love in the 4th Dimension
9. The Creases – Tremolow
10. Alt-J – Relaxer
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses
2. Marika Hackman – Boyfriend
3. Methyl Ethel – Ubu
4. Stella Donnelly – Boys Will Be Boys
5. LCD Soundsystem – call the police
WORST SONG
Lil Pump – Gucci Gang
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Two Door Cinema Club @ Metro City
2. The Wombats @ Metro City
3. Methyl Ethel @ Summerset Concert (Stirling Gardens)
4. Groovin the Moo @ Hay Park
5. Tired Lion @ Amplifier Bar
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
GUM – The Sewing Room
KAREN LOWE:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
2. Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold
3. Marilyn Manon – Heaven Upside Down
4. Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark
5. British India – Forgetting The Future
6. Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
7. 360 – Vintage Modern
8. Bloodclot – Up In Arms
9. Frenzal Rhomb – Hi Vis High Tea
10. Kingswood – After Hours, Close To Dawn
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
TOP 5 FILMS
1. It
2. T2 Trainspotting
3. Rough Night
WORST FILM
The Dark Tower – had SUCH high hopes for it 🙁
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1.Better Call Saul
2.Preacher
3.The Sinner
4. Mind Hunter
5. The Mist
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
All reality TV
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Queens of the Stone Age – Fortress
2. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains of Circumstance
3. Foo Fighters – La Dee Da
4. Marilyn Manson – We Know Where You Fucking Live
5. Queens of the Stone Age – The Way You Used To Do
WORST SONG
Beck – Dear Life
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Royal Blood
2. Queens of the Stone Age
3. Grinspoon
4. Max & Iggor Cavalera
5. Voyager and Osaka Punch
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Ocean Alley – mostly because of the crowd which was just plain awful.
NEIL SOLACE:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me
2. DJ Quik and Problem – Rosecrans
3. Curtis Harding – Face Your Fear
4. Choker – Peak
5. Injury Reserve – Drive It Like It’s Stolen
6. Lou The Human – Humaniac
7. Zara McFarlane – Arise
8. A. Savage – Thawing Dawn
9. Here Lies Man – Here Lies Man
10.Elza Soares – The End Of The World (remixes)
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Kamaiyah – Before I Wake
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Mount Eerie – Ravens
2. Wednesday Morning Atonement – Curtis Harding
3. Jorja Smith – Beautiful Little Fools
4. Choker – El Dorado
5. Injury Reserve – Colors
WORST SONG
Lonzo Ball – Zo2
TOP 10 TV SHOWS
1. Twin Peaks
2. The Handmaids Tale
3. Big Little Lies
4. The Keepers
5. Bojack Horseman
6. Catastrophe
7. Nathan For You
8. Transparent
9. The Good Place
10. No Script with Marshawn Lynch
MOST DISAPOINTING TV SHOW
Game of Thrones
TOP 5 GIGS OF 2017
1. Jambinai – Chevron Gardens
2. Nick Cave – Perth Arena
3. Mt Mountain – North Perth Town Hall
4. PJ Harvey – Fremantle Arts Centre
5. Eighth Blackbird – Perth Concert Hall
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Tea Party – Astor Theatre
ELOISE PARKS:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
3. Gang of Youths – Go Farther In Lightness
4. Fleet Foxes – Crack Up
5. Radiohead – OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017
MOST DISSAPOINTING ALBUM
Humanz – Gorillaz
TOP 5 FILMS
Jasper Jones
Murder on the Orient Express
TOP FIVE TV SONGS
1. Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
2. Rostam – Bike Dream
3. LCD Soundsystem – Call The Police
4. Radiohead – Lift
5. Fleet Foxes – Mearcstapa
WORST SONG
Tash Sultana – Mystik
TOP FIVE GIGS
1. Peter Hook and the Light
2. Big Scary
3. Gang of Youths
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
The Church
RUBY WHEELER:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Haim – Something To Tell You
2. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
3. Tyler the Creator – Flower Boy
4. The xx – I See You
5. Lorde – Melodrama
6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Polygamer
7. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
8. POND – The Weather
9. The Jungle Giants – Quiet Ferocity
10. King Krule – The Ooz
MOST DISSAPOINTING ALBUM
Drake – More Life
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Ladybird
2. Dunkirk
3. Get Out
4. Split
5. City of Ghosts
WORST FILM
Table 19
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Stranger Things 2
2. Mindhunters
3. Atypical
4. The Good Place
5. Shot in the Dark
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Riverdale
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Frank Ocean – Chanel
2. Kendrick Lamar – Humble
3. Lorde – Greenlight
4. Tyler the Creator – See You Again
5. Methyl Ethel – Ubu
WORST SONG
Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets @ Rosemount
2. Laneway Festival @ Esplanade Reserve & West End
3. Gizzfest @ Port Beach
4. Client Liason @ Jack Rabbit Slim’s
5. Stella Donnelly @ Heavenly Bodies (St John’s Church)
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
PNAU @ Villa
RYAN ELLIS:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Wavves – You’re Welcome
2. Anti-Flag – American Fall
3. Crooked Colours – Vera
4. The Bronx – V
5. The Jungle Giants – Quiet Ferocity
6. Milky Chance – Blossom
7. Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down
8. Jesse Locke – Universe
9. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
10.Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Raw
2. John Wick Chapter 2
3. Split
4. It
5. Atomic Blonde
WORST FILM
The Mummy
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Mindhunter (Season 1)
2. Workaholics (Season 7)
3. The Walking Dead (Season 7–8)
4. Bojack Horseman (Season 4)
5. Silicon Valley (Season 4)
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Orange Is the New Black (Season 5)
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Dream Wife – Let’s Make Out
2. Wavves – Million Enemies
3. Bleeding Knees Club – Case
4. Tash Sultana – Jungle
5. The Jungle Giants – Feel The Way I Do
WORST SONGS
Jake Paul – It’s Everyday Bro ft. Team 10
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Pennywise & The Bronx @ Metro Freo
2. Wavves @ Capitol
3. Explosions in the Sky @ Chevron Festival Gardens
4. GZA @ Rosemount Hotel
5. The Jungle Giants @ Capitol
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Crooked Colours @ Mr. Lonely Fremantle/The Monastery (19 August 2017)
Not so much for the performance (that seemed pretty good) but the night overall, I suspect the gig would have been awesome if it wasn’t for the poor event planning didn’t do the band any justice. Late doors open, poor entry management, and venue not adequate for what felt like a way oversold show. Why force people who have a ticket in hand to wait while those buying on the door were let through?
LARA FOX:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. PVT – New Spirit
3. King Krule – The Ooz
4. Perfume Genius – No Shape
5. Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
6. Fever Ray – Plunge
7. The National – Sleep Well Beast
8. St Vincent – Masseducation
9. Methyl Ethel – Everything is Forgotten
10. Kendrick Lama – DAMN.
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Ladybird
2. Split
3. Good time
4. Get out
5. Thor – Ragnarok
MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM
Geostorm
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. The Handmaids Tale
2. Twin Peaks 2
3. Stranger Things 2
4. Mindhunter
5. Utopia
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Inhumans
TOP 5 SONGS
1. LCD Soundsystem – Oh Baby
2. PVT – Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend
3. Mossy – Dumb Terror
4. Perfume Genius – Slip Away
5. King Krule – Dumb Surfer
WORST SONG
Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do
TOP 5 GIGS
1. PVT
2. Billy Bragg
3. PJ Harvey
4. Nick Cave
5. In the Pines
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Lorde
CHARLOTTE SAXON:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. King Krule – The Ooz
2. Lorde – Melodrama
3. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
4. Pond – The Weather
5. Billie Eilish – Don’t Smile at Me
6. Calvin Harris – Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1
7. Declan McKenna – What Do You Think About the Car?
8. Harry Styles – Harry Styles
9. Paramore – After Laughter
10. Tyler, The Creator – Flower Boy
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Drake – More Life
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Dunkirk
2. T2 Trainspotting
3. It
4. Get Out
5. Lion
WORST FILM
Snatched
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Stranger Things: Season 2
2. The Sinner
3. Big Mouth
4. Atypical
5. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 1
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Girlboss
TOP 5 SONGS
1. King Krule – Dum Surfer
2. Paramore – Hard Times
3. Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
4. Tyler, The Creator – 911/Mr Lonely
5. SZA ft. Travis Scott – Love Galore
WORST SONG
The Chainsmokers – Paris
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Violent Soho @ Groovin’ The Moo Bunbury
2. POND @ Fremantle Prison
3. Client Liaison @ Jack Rabbit Slims
4. Laneway Festival @ Esplanade Reserve & West End
5. Falls Festival @ Kings Square
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Childish Gambino cancelling on Falls Freo
ALFRED GORMAN:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Bonobo – Migration
3. The National – Sleep Well Beast
4. Liam Gallagher – As You Were
5. Tim Rogers – An Actor Repairs
6. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
7. The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
8. Big Boi – BOOMIVERSE
9. The xx – I See You
10. Slowdive – Slowdive
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Guns N’ Roses
2. PJ Harvey
3. The Orwells
4. Falls Festival
5. Laneway
TOP 5 SONGS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Kendrick Lamar – Humble
3. The War On Drugs – Thinking of a Place
4. Tim Rogers – Youth
5. Big Boi – Alright
MICHAEL HOLLICK:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Kirin J. Callinan – Bravado
2. The Magnetic Fields – 50 Song Memoir
3. Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
4. Mac DeMacro – This Old Dog
5. Fever Ray – Plunge
6. King Krule – The Ooz
7. Methyl Ethyl – Everything Is Forgotten
8. Soulwax – From Deewee
9. PVT – New Spirit
10. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Get Out
2. The Disaster Artist
3. Moonlight
4. T2 Trainspotting
5. Hounds of Love
WORST FILM
Sausage Party
TOP FIVE TV SHOWS OF 2017
1. Twin Peaks
2. As above
3. As above
4. As above
5. As above
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Kendrick Lamar – Humble
2. Nine Inch Nails – She’s Gone Away
3. King Krule – Dum Surfer
4. BADBADNOTGOOD – I Don’t Know
5. Sparks – Scandinavian Design
WORST SONG
It’s Everyday Bro – Jake Paul shared with anything by Ed Sheeran.
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Kirin J. Callinan @ Rosemount Hotel
2. Helmet @ Rosemount Hotel
3. Strictly DT @ Fremantle Arts Centre
4. The Necks @ Chevron Gardens
5. Billy Bragg @ Fremantle Arts Centre
BRAYDEN EDWARDS:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Methyl Ethel – Everything is Forgotten
3. Ryan Adams – Prisoner
4. Fever Ray – Plunge
5. King Krule – The Ooz
6. The Courtneys – II
7. Big Thief – Capacity
8. Jay Som – Everybody Works
9. Fazerdaze – Morningside
10. Mt Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM OF 2017
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
TOP FIVE FILMS
1. Detroit
TOP FIVE TV SHOWS OF 2017
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Media Watch
3. South Park
4. Q&A
5. Mad as Hell
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW OF 2017
Eagles v Giants semi final
TOP 5 SONGS
1. The War on Drugs – Thinking of a Place
2. LCD Soundsystem – Tonite
3. Methyl Ethel – Drink Wine
4. Fever Ray – To the Moon and Back
5. Fazerdaze – Lucky Girl
WORST SONG OF 2017
Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Peter Hook @ Astor Theatre
2. Groovin the Moo @ Hay Park
3. In the Pines @ Somerville Auditorium
4. La Mumbanegra/ Soukouss Internationale @ Chevron Festival Gardens
5. Strictly DT @ Freo Arts Centre
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Alice Cooper (they wouldn’t let me in half an hour or so late)
ELLE CEE :
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Terrible Signal – Terrible Signal
2. Ecca Vandal – Future Heroine
3. Wet Lips – Wet Lips
4. Rachel Maria Cox – Untidy Lines
5. Rag N’ Bone – A Handful of Ash
6. Ali Barter – A Suitable Girl
7. Meg Mac – Low Blows
8. St Vincent – Masseducation
9. FOAM – Coping Mechanisms
10.Nerve Quakes – A New Sound
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Lorde – Melodrama
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Moonlight
2. Get Out
3. 20th Century Women
4. Edge Of Seventeen
5. Wonder Woman
WORST FILM OF 2017
John Wick 2
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Twin Peaks The Return
2. The Good Place
3. Outlander S3
4. The Great British Bake Off w/ Noel Fielding
5. Back
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Scandal Series 7
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Camp Cope – The Opener
2. HEXDEBT – Bitch Rising
3. Moaning Lisa – Shoe In
4. Shit Narnia – Spank Rock Tour Diary 2015
5. Carla Geneve – Red Rocks
WORST SONG
Lorde – Green Light
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Carla Geneve
2. WAMFest
3. FOAM Coping Mechanisms Launch
4. Ali Barter @ The Rosemount
5. In The Pines @ Somerville
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Evan Dando @ Badlands
ANTHONY JACKSON:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Tired Lion – Dumb Days
2. Cloud Control – Zone
3. The Preatures – Girlhood
4. Zola Jesus – Okovi
5. Arcade Fire – Everything Now
6. London Grammar – Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
7. Vera Blue – Perennial
8. Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
9. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
10. Lorde – Melodrama
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3. Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
4. Get Out
5. Life
WORST FILM OF 2017
The Shack
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Rick & Morty Season 3
2. Stranger Things 2
3. The Bachelor Australia
4. The Chase Australia
5. The Handmaid’s Tale
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
The Mist
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Cloud Control – Rainbow City
2. Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
3. Bec Sandridge – I’ll Never Want A BF
4. The Preatures – Yanada
5. City Calm Down – Blood
WORST SONG
Amy Shark – Blood Brothers
TOP 5 GIGS OF 2017
Midnight Oil @ Perth Arena
Guns N Roses @ HBF Stadium
The Tea Party play Transmission @ Astor Theatre
Green Day @ Perth Arena
Dillinger Escape Plan @ Capitol
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
The Preatures @ Capitol
PAUL DOUGHTY:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
2. King Krule – The Ooz
3. Ariel Pink – Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
4. Laurel Halo – Dust
5. Actress – AZD
6. Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
7. Various Artists – Mono No Aware
8. Various Artists – Family Album 2017
9. Run the Jewels – RTJ3
10. Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time OST
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Baby Driver
2. Orange Sunshine
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Personal Shopper
5. Good Time
MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM
The Coming War on China – John Pilger
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Twin Peaks The Return
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
The News
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Ariel Pink – Time to Live
2. Oneohtrix Point Never feat. Iggy Pop – The Pure and the Damned
3. Laurel Halo – Syzgy
4. Mount Kimbie – You Look Certain (I’m Not So Sure)
5. Run The Jewels – Report to the Shareholders: Kill Your Masters
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Jesse Lanza @ Jack Rabbit Slim’s
2. Ross Bolleter & Anthony Cormian – Quarry Music @ PICA
3. Helmet @ Rosemount
4. The Necks @ Rosemount
5. PJ Harvey @ Fremantle Arts Centre
ZACK YUSOF:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Ride – Weather Diaries
3. Fleet Foxes – Crack Up
4. Happyness – Write In
5. Real Estate – In Mind
6. Laura Marling – Semper Femina
7. The Proper Ornaments – Foxhole
8. POND – The Weather
9. Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
10.Neil Young – Hitchhiker
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
U2 – Songs of Experience
TOP 5 FILMS OF 2017
1. War for the Planet of The Apes
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Logan
4. It
5. Get Out
WORST FILM OF 2017
The Mummy
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Narcos Season 3
2. Game Of Thrones Season 7
3. The Handmaiden’s Tale
4. Fargo Season 3
5. Ozark Season 1
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Prison Break Season 5
TOP FIVE SONGS OF 2017
1. The Seams – Lemonade
2. St Vincent – New York
3. The Orielles – Let Your Dogtooth Grow
4. LCD Soundsystem – Call The Police
5. Superorganism – Something For Your M.I.N.D
WORST SONG
Meg Mac – Low Blows
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Pond @ Fremantle Prison
2. The Wedding Present @ Mojos
3. Mono @ Badlands Bar
4. The Scientists @ Rosemount Hotel
5. Lambchop @ Badlands Bar
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Evan Dando @ Badlands Bar
CHRIS HAVERCROFT:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Julien Baker – Turn Out The Lights
2. Iron & Wine – Best Epic
3. Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps
4. Guided By Voices – August By Cake
5. BMX Bandits – Forever
6. The Mountain Goats – Goths
7. Sorority Noise – You’re Not As ____ As You Think
8. Haim – Something To Tell You
9. Deer Tick – Vol 1
10. Charly Bliss – Guppy
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Arcade Fire – Everything Now
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Phoebe Bridger – Emotion Sickness
2. BMX Bandits – Love Me Until My Heart Stops
3. Ralway Bell – Dear Friends
4. Bash & Pop – Unfuck You
5. Taylor Swift – New Year’s Day
WORST SONG
My Man’s Got A Cold – Paul Kelly feat Vika Bull
TOP 5 GIGS
1. The Wedding Present @ Mojo’s Bar
2. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats @ Chevron Festival Gardens
3. The Front Bottoms @ Amplifier Bar
4. Bruce Springsteen @ Perth Arena
5. Explosions In The Sky @ Chevron Gardens
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Margaret Glaspy – Chevron Festival Gardens
Q:
TOP 10 ALBUMS
1. Methyl Ethyl – Everything Is Forgotten
2. St Vincent – Masseduction
3. Pond – The Weather
4. Spoon – Hot Thoughts
5. Slowdive – Slowdive
6. Fever Ray – Plunge
7. Perfume Genius – No Shape
8. James McAlister, Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens – Planetarium
9. Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
10. Boat Show – Groundbreaking Masterpiece
MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM
Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
TOP 5 FILMS
1. Meal Tickets
2. Hounds of Love
3. Detroit
4. Baby Driver
5. The Disaster Artist
WORST FILM
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Twin Peaks (S3)
2. Handmaiden’s Tale (S1)
3. Fargo (S3)
4. Stranger Things (S2)
5. G.L.O.W. (S1)
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Transparent (S4)
TOP 5 SONGS
1. Boat Show – Cis White Boy
2. Alex The Astronaut – Not Worth Hiding
3. Methyl Ethyl – Ubu
4. Spoon – Hot Thoughts
5. Pnau – Into The Sky
WORST SONG
Despacito – Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber
TOP 5 GIGS
1. Jambinai @ Chevron Festival Gardens
2. Guns N’ Roses @ Subiaco Oval
3. Nick Cave @ Perth Arena
4. Peter Hook & The Light @ Astor Theatre
5. Pond @ Rosemount
MOST DISAPPOINTING GIG
Aristophanes + L-Fresh the Lion w/Kucka @ Chevron Gardens
DAVID O’CONNELL:
TOP 10 FILMS
1. Get Out
2. Moonlight
3. Baby Driver
4. Hounds Of Love
5. Dunkirk
6. Blade Runner 2049
7. Meal Tickets
8. Battle of the Sexes
9. Detroit
10. It
WORST FILM OF 2017
Collateral Beauty
BEST TV SHOW OF 2017
1. The Handmaids Tale (S1)
2. The Expanse (S2)
3. The Good Place (S1-2)
4. American Gods (S1)
5. GLOW
MOST DISAPPOINTING TV SHOW
Iron Fist
NATALIE GILES:
TOP 10 FILMS
1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Get Out
3. Wonder Woman
4. Hounds of Love
5. It
6. Logan
7. Baby Driver
8. Blade Runner 2049
9. Guardians of the Galaxy 2
10. Top Knot Detective
DAVID MORGAN-BROWN:
TOP 10 FILMS
1. mother!
2. The Salesman
3. T2: Trainspotting 2
4. Good Time
5. John Wick 2
6. Free Fire
7. Patriot’s Day
8. Hounds of Love
9. Dunkirk
10. Wiener-Dog
TOP 5 TV SHOWS
1. Twin Peaks The Return
2. Fargo
3. The Leftovers
SEE YOU IN 2018, WA!
