The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Guido Farnell

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Savages  -  Silence Yourself
 2.  Factory Floor  -  Factory Floor
 3.  ADULT.  -  The Way Things Fall
 4.  Primitive Calculators  -  The World Is Fucked
 5.  The Knife  -  Shaking The Habitual
 6.  John Grant  -  Pale Green Ghosts
 7.  Wooden Shijps  -  Back To Land
 8.  Deerhunter  -  Monomania
 9.  Crocodiles  -  Crimes Of Passion
 10.  Matmos  -  The Marriage Of True Minds
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Various  -  I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America 1950-1990
 2.  Various  -  Traxbox: The Trax Records Box Set: The First 75 Complete 12" Releases
 3.  Various  -  Theo Parrish's Black Jazz Signature
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Savages  -  Shut Up
 2.  MBV  -  She Found Now
 3.  Kurt Vile - Wakin' On A Pretty Day
 4.  The Black Angels - Don't Play With Guns
 5.  The Drones - A Moat You Can Stand In 

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Savages
 2.  John Grant
 3.  Factory Floor
 4.  Crocodiles
 5.  Wooden Shjips
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Richard Hawley
 2.  Damon  and Naomi
 3.  Einstein On The Beach
 4.  Kraftwerk
 5.  Dead Can Dance
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  The Murlocs
 2.  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
 3.  Gay Paris
 4.  Batpiss
 5.  The Stiffys
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Ja'ime
 2.  Hoarders
 3.  Ladyboys
 4.  Blokesworld
 5.  RuPauls' Drag Race
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Jeune Et Jolie
 2.  The Dance Of Reality
 3.  La Grande Bellezza
 4.  Stranger By The Lake
 5.  A Band Called Death
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  The Music
 2.  You Tube
 3.  Human Rights Watch
 4.  Two Thousand Six Hundred
 5.  Facebook
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Snorkeling on the Barrier Reef and listening to lots of lovely music.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 The Rolling Stones are coming and probably more budget cuts too.