The year has flown so we must have been having fun along the way. Now, it’s time for the Ellis Jones tradition, of bringing you our list of favourite cultural experiences for 2015.
We are proud to announce the winners in our Top Album, Best Book, Best Movie, Best Eat Out and Best Event/Gig categories.
And the winners are:
Top album
RHOD: Mutilator Defeated at Last – Thee Oh Sees
MELINDA: (Because we had to say good bye) – Flap
KELLIE: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence and the Machine
ELISE: We’re All Desi – Delhi 2 Dublin
TANYA: Eternal Return – Sarah Blasko
KAT: Azari & III – Azari & III or Quarters! – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (both got a good run this year)
LISL: Nomad – Bombino
PATRICK: In Colour – Jamie xx
CLAUDIA: Uptown Special – Mark Ronson
JANINE: Currents – Tame Impala
CAROLINE: At. Long. Last A$AP – A$AP Rocky
Best book
RHOD: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
MELINDA: The Vogue Factor by Kristie Clements
KELLIE: The Strays by Emily Bitto
ELISE: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
TANYA: Plays by Anton Chekhov
KAT: The Spirit Level – Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
LISL: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
PATRICK: The End of Absence by Michael Harris
CLAUDIA: The Folded Clock: A Diary by Heidi Julavits
JANINE: Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
CAROLINE: Holding The Man by Timothy Conigrave and Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Best movie
RHOD: Interstellar
MELINDA: A Royal Night Out
KELLIE: Paper Planes
ELISE: Tracks
TANYA: The Martian
KAT: The Double
LISL: Only Lovers Left Alive
PATRICK: Ex Machina
CLAUDIA: Get Hard
JANINE: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
CAROLINE: All this Mayhem
Best eat out
RHOD: Maha
MELINDA: Supernormal
KELLIE: Movida Next Door
ELISE: The Stables at Stones
TANYA: Amiconi Italian Restaurant
KAT: Estelle Bistro or The Good Table
LISL: Naked for Satan
PATRICK: Brazilian street food
CLAUDIA: Nobu
JANINE: Pizza Meine Liebe
CAROLINE: The Cyprus Tree
Best event/gig
RHOD: Sugar Fed Leopards at Howler
MELINDA: Melbourne Salami Festa
KELLIE: Tame Impala at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
ELISE: Woodford Folk Festival at Woodfordia, Queensland
TANYA: Sarah Blasko at Zoo Twilights
KAT: Goat w/ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at The Croxton
LISL: Johnny Marr at the Forum Theatre
PATRICK: Rio carnival in Rio de Janeiro
CLAUDIA: Summer night market at the Queen Victoria Market
JANINE: Florence and the Machine at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
CAROLINE: The Village People at Golden Plains
