The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Ash Goldberg

Top Ten Albums
 1.  The Paper Kites  -  States
 2.  Cage The Elephant  -  Melophobia
 3.  Keaton Henson  -  Birthdays
 4.  Frightened Rabbit  -  Pedestrian Verse
 5.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
 6.  Willis Earl Beal  -  Nobody Knows
 7.  Nadine Shah  -  Love Your Dum And Mad
 8.  The Ocean Party  -  Split
 9.  Loon Lake  -  Gloamer
 10.  Sam Buckingham  -  I'm A Bird
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Yellowcard  -  Ocean Avenue Acoustic
 2.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  -  Live From KCRW
 3.  Various  -  The Great Gatsby Soundtrack
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Keaton Henson  -  Lying To You
 2.  The Paper Kites  -  Tin Lover
 3.  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  -  This Life
 4.  The National  -  Graceless
 5.  Cage The Elephant  -  Telescope

 Artist Of The Year
 1.  The Paper Kites
 2.  The National
 3.  Frightened Rabbit
 4.  Keaton Henson
 5.  Paul Dempsey
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Frightened Rabbit
 2.  Blink 182
 3.  City & Colour
 4.  Paul Simon
 5.  Leonard Cohen
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Paul Dempsey
 2.  Loon Lake
 3.  The Paper Kites
 4.  The Jungle Giants
 5.  British India
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Breaking Bad
 2.  Mad Men
 3.  Boardwalk Empire
 4.  Fresh Meat
 5.  Bob's Burgers
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Before Midnight
 2.  Captain Phillips
 3.  Gravity
 4.  Man Of Steel
 5.  Pacific Rim
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  Facebook
 2.  Twitter
 3.  themusic
 4.  Slate
 5.  Google
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Frightened Rabbit at Groove In The Moo
 
 Prediction For 2014
 The National in Melbourne in February!