The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Christopher H James

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  The Drones  -  I See Seaweed
 2.  Julia Holter  -  Loud City Song
 3.  Holden  -  The Inheritors
 4.  Ensemble Pearl  -  Ensemble Pearl
 5.  The Dillinger Escape Plan  -  One Of Us Is the Killer
 6.  Stara Rzeka  -  Cien Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem
 7.  Darkside  -  Psychic
 8.  Julianna Barwick  -  Nepenthe
 9.  Boards Of Canada  -  Tomorrow's Harvest
 10.  White Denim  -  Corrsicana Lemonade
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  The Beta Band  -  The Regal Years 1997-2004
 2.  Sandwell District  -  Fabric 69
 3.  Cornershop  -  The Hot For May Sound
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Daft Punk  -  Get Lucky
 2.  The Drones  -  Why Write A Letter That You'll Never Send
 3.  Stara Rzeka  -  Przebudzenie Boga Wschodu
 4.  Factory Floor  -  Fall Back
 5.  The Knife  -  Full Of Fire

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  The Drones
 2.  Julia Holter
 3.  Boris
 4.  Holden
 5.  The Dillinger Escape Plan
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Boris
 2.  Converge
 3.  Lightning Bolt
 4.  Killing Joke
 5.  Nicolas Jaar
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  The Drones
 2.  Tomas Ford
 3.  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
 4.  Oren Ambarchi
 5.  Usurper Of Modern Medicine
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Gravity
 2.  Life Of Pi
 3.  Django Unchained
 4.  The Conjuring
 5.  The World's End
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  The Quietus
 2.  Drowned In Sound
 3.  Wikipedia
 4.  Allmusic
 5.  Metal Bastard
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Becoming engaged to the woman of my dreams (good ones, not one of the nightmares)
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Marrying the woman of my dreams (nothing can possibly go wrong)