The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Izzy Tolhurst

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Kurt Vile  -  Wakin' On A Pretty Daze
 2.  Sonny And The Sunsets  -  Antenna To The Afterworld
 3.  Jagwar Ma  -  Howlin'
 4.  Parquet Courts  -  Light Up Gold
 5.  Courtney Barnett  -  The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
 6.  Daft Punk  -  Random Access Memories
 7.  Kirin J Callinan  -  Embracism
 8.  Foxygen  -  We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic
 9.  Charles Bradley  -  Victim Of Love
 10.  The Knife  -  Shaking The Habitual
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Neil Finn & Paul Kelly  -  Goin' Your Way (Live)
2.  Nile Rodgers & The Chic Organization  -  Up All Night (The Chic Organization album)
 3.  RZA  -  Shaolin Soul Selection: Volume 1
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Kurt Vile  -  KV Crimes
 2.  Courtney Barnett  -  Avant Gardener
 3.  Darkside  -  Golden Arrow
 4.  The Drones  -  How To See Through Fog
 5.  Sonny & The Sunsets  -  Green Blood

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Courtney Barnett
 2.  Fraser A Gorman
 3.  Nicholas Jaar
 4.  Charles Bradley
 5.  Oliver Tank
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  The National
 2.  The Cribs
 3.  Alt-J
 4.  Dirty Projectors
 5.  Gary Clarke Jr
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Saskwatch
 2.  Courtney Barnett
 3.  Jen Cloher
 4.  Baptism Of Uzi
 5.  Boomgates
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Game Of Thrones
 2.  Paul Kelly: Stories Of Me
 3.  Breaking Bad
 4.  Forbryldesen (The Killing)
 5.  Agony Aunts
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Prisoners
 2.  Frances Ha
 3.  Leviathan
 4.  Sping Breakers
 5.  Enough Said
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  Facebook
 2.  YouTube
 3.  Stereogum
 4.  Pitchfork
 5.  NME
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Kurt Vile
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Good old rock and roll. A tribute to those sadly lost, like Lou Reed, and a continuation of what has been brewing locally and abroad in 2013.