The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Jake Sun

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  The Knife  -  Shaking The Habitual
 2.  The Necks  -  Open
 3.  Cult of Luna  -  Vertikal
 4.  Tim Hecker  -  Virgins
 5.  Autechre  -  Exai
 6.  Atoms For Peace  -  AMOK
 7.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
 8.  Boards of Canada  -  Tomorrow's Harvest
 9.  Daft Punk  -  Random Access Memories
 10.  Sigur Rós/My Bloody Valentine  -  Kveikur/m b v
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Mogwai  -  Les Revenants
 2.  Dead Can Dance  -  In Concert
 3.  Vangelis  -  Blade Runner: Original Soundtrack (vinyl release)
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Steven Wilson  -  The Raven That Refused To Sing
 2.  Goldfrapp  -  Alvar
 3.  Arcade Fire  -  Reflekotr
 4.  Bonobo [featuring Grey Reverend]  -  First Fires
 5.  Haim  -  Falling

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  The Knife
 2.  My Bloody Valentine
 3.  Cult Of Luna
 4.  Atoms For Peace
 5.  Kanye West
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  My Bloody Valentine/Swans/Einstürzende Neubauten
 2.  The Prodigy
 3.  Tool
 4.  Steven Wilson
 5.  Bat For Lashes
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Dead Can Dance
 2.  The Necks
 3.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
 4.  Tame Impala
 5.  Mosman Alder
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Black Mirror
 2.  Game Of Thrones
 3.  Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
 4.  Girls
 5.  Doctor Who
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  The Dance Of Reality
 2.  Gravity
 3.  Stories We Tell
 4.  Blue Jasmine
 5.  Before Midnight
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  thepiratebay.sx
 2.  wikipedia.org
 3.  themusic.com.au
 4.  frieze.com
 5.  setlist.fm
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 I'll Be Your Mirror (All Tomorrow's Parties)
 
 Prediction For 2014
 If I'm being overly optimistic, I'd say a new Tool album. Fingers crossed!