The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Danielle O'Donohue

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Iron & Wine  -  Ghost On Ghost
 2.  Jimblah  -  Phoenix
 3.  The Drones  -  I See Seaweed
 4.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
 5.  Laura Mvula  -  Sing To The Moon
 6.  Adalita  -  All Day Venus
 7.  Mavis Staples  -  One True Vine
 8.  Suede  -  Bloodsports
 9.  Justin Timberlake  -  The 20/20 Experience
 10.  Superchunk  -  I Hate Music
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Various -  The Great Gatsby
 2.  Various -  Pitch Perfect
 3.  Various -  Sound City: Real To Reel
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  John Newman  -  Love Me Again
 2.  Sietta  -  Let It Go
 3.  Lana Del Rey  -  Young And Beautiful
 4.  Fall Out Boy  -  My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
 5.  Tegan & Sara  -  Closer

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  The Drones
 2.  Jimblah
 3.  JT
 4.  Flume
 5.  Laura Mvula
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Against Me!
 2.  Bonnie Raitt
 3.  Lianne La Havas
 4.  Calexico
 5.  Norah Jones
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  You Am I
 2.  Paul Kelly
 3.  The Drones
 4.  Sietta
 5.  Birds Of Tokyo
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Justified
 2.  Game Of Thrones
 3.  Doctor Who
 4.  The Walking Dead
 5.  Top Of The Lake
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Behind The Candelabra
 2.  The Way, Way Back
 3.  Muscle Shoals
 4.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
 5.  Stories We Tell
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  TV - The AV Club
 2.  Vulture - NY Mag
 3.  The Guardian Australia
 4.  Grantland
 5.  Twitter
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Jennifer Lawrence
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Next year's TV smash hit is going to centre around a complex, kick-arse female and that's not going to seem like a radical departure from the norm.