The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Chris Yates

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  TV Colours  -  Purple Skies, Toxic River
 2.  Drake  -  Nothing Was The Same
 3.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
 4.  Scott & Charlene's Wedding  -  Any Port In A Storm
 5.  Constant Mongrel  -  Heavy Breathing
 6.  Bed Wettin' Bad Boys  -  Ready For Boredom
 7.  Bitch Prefect  -  Bird Nerds
 8.  Danny Brown  -  Old
 9.  James X Boyd & The Boydoids  -  Super Low
 10.  Pusha T  -  My Name Is My Name
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  The Velvet Underground  -  White Light/White Heat (Box Set Re-issue)
 2.  Flatbush Zombies  -  Better Off Dead (Mixtape)
 3.  Joey Bada$$  -  Summer Knights (Mixtape)
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Kanye West  -  Bound 2
 2.  Drake (featuring 2 Chainz & Big Sean)  -  All Me
 3.  TV Colours  -  Bad Dreams
 4.  Bitch Prefect  -  Adelaide
 5.  Scott & Charlene's Wedding  -  Gammy Leg

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Kanye West
 2.  Drake
 3.  Danny Brown
 4.  TV Colours
 5.  Bitch Prefect
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Superchunk
 2.  100s
 3.  Flatbush Zombies
 4.  Cyndi Lauper
 5.  Yelawolf
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Royal Headache
 2.  Tiny Spiders
 3.  Sky Needle
 4.  TV Colours
 5.  Violent Soho
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Redfern Now
 2.  Bob's Burgers
 3.  Adventure Time
 4.  Eastbound And Down
 5.  It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
 2.  The Rocket
 3.  Blue Jasmine
 4.  Prisoners
 5.  Clear History
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  Brown Cardigan
 2.  Dangerous Minds
 3.  ROMI! Dot Com
 4.  Shibe Dog
 5.  Bandcamp
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 2013 has been the best year for rap music since 1993. 20 years cycle in full effect.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Kanye West will release an album so much better than everyone else that the entire history of music will have to be reclassified.