The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Dan Condon

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Mavis Staples  -  One True Vine
 2.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
 3.  Steve Earle  -  The Low Highway
 4.  Janelle Monae  -  The Electric Lady
 5.  Haim  -  Days Are Gone
 6.  Endless Boogie  -  Long Island
 7.  Bombino  -  Nomad
 8.  Dick Diver  -  Calendar Days
 9.  Unknown Mortal Orchestra  -  II
 10.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  -  Push The Sky Away
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Various -  Heavy Soul
 2.  Nile Rodgers & The Chic Organization  -  Up All Night
 3.  Sunnyboys  -  Our Best Of
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Daft Punk  -  Get Lucky
 2.  Courtney Barnett  -  Avant Gardener
 3.  Violent Soho  -  Covered In Chrome
 4.  Haim  -  Falling
 5.  Jeremy Neale (featuring Go Violets)  -  In Stranger Times

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Violent Soho
 2.  Courtney Barnett
 3.  Jeremy Neale
 4.  Haim
 5.  Mavis Staples
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
 2.  Mavis Staples
 3.  Descendents
 4.  Wilco
 5.  OFF!
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Courtney Barnett
 2.  Neil Finn & Paul Kelly
 3.  Violent Soho
 4.  Sunnyboys
 5.  Citizen Kay
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Breaking Bad
 2.  Girls
 3.  Eastbound And Down
 4.  Derek
 5.  Media Watch
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
 2.  Blue Jasmine
 3.  Zero Dark Thirty
 4.  The Sunnyboy
 5.  Sleepwalk With Me
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  First We Feast
 2.  The Roar
 3.  Rugby Heaven
 4.  ESPN Cricinfo
 5.  Bon Appetit
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 The hype surrounding the great Bruce Springsteen's return to Australia.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Campbell Newman will try and have me killed/deported.