The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Cyclone Wehner

18 December 2013 | 8:44 am | Cyclone Wehner

Cyclone Wehner expects there'll be a return of soulful techno in 2014.

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  James Blake  -  Overgrown
 2.  White Lies  -  Big TV
 3.  Laura Mvula  -  Sing To The Moon
 4.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
 5.  Drake  -  Nothing Was The Same
 6.  Anna Calvi  -  One Breath
 7.  Booka Shade  -  Eve
 8.  John Legend  -  Love In The Future
 9.  Big Scary  -  Not Art
 10.  Savages  -  Silence Yourself
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Solange  -  TRUE
 2.  Carl Craig  -  Masterpiece
 3.  John Talabot  -  DJ-Kicks
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  James Blake  -  Retrograde
 2.  Drake  -  Hold On, We're Going Home
 3.  Lana Del Rey  -  Young And Beautiful
 4.  Daft Punk  -  Get Lucky
 5.  Miley Cyrus  -  Wrecking Ball

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  James Blake
 2.  Kanye West
 3.  Solange
 4.  Daft Punk
 5.  Miley Cyrus
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  James Blake
 2.  Carl Craig 69 Live
 3.  Polica
 4.  Crystal Castles
 5.  Muse
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Big Scary
 2.  Touch Sensitive
 3.  Midnight Juggernauts
 4.  Alpine
 5.  Flume
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Redfern Now
 2.  The Vampire Diaries
 3.  The Originals
 4.  Mad Men
 5.  American Horror Story
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Gravity
 2.  The Great Gatsby
 3.  The Bling Ring
 4.  Anna Karenina
 5.  Sharknado
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  TheMusic
 2.  The Guardian
 3.  Twitter
 4.  SoundCloud
 5.  IMDb
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 The 'event' album phenom – and return of controversial 'event' videos by everyone from Miley Cyrus to Kanye West.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Expect a backlash to commercial EDM. More subversive electronic mutations will emerge. Soulful techno will return.