The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Madeleine Laing

Top Ten Albums
1.  The Drones  -  I See Seaweed
2.  Parquet Courts  -  Light Up Gold
3.  Dick Diver  -  Calendar Days
4.  Jae Laffer  -  When The Iron Glows Red
5.  Palms  -  Step Brothers
6.  James X. Boyd  -  Super Low
7.  The Gooch Palms  -  Novos
8.  Cloud Control  -  Dream Cave
9.  Kurt Vile  -  Wakin On A Pretty Daze
10.  The Frowning Clouds  -  Whereabouts  

Top Five Songs
1.  Jeremy Neale  -  Lone Tiger
2.  Parquet Courts  -  Master Of My Craft
3.  Dick Diver  -  Water Damage
4.  The Drones  -  I See Seaweed
5.  Popstrangers  -  Rats In The Palm Trees

Artist Of The Year
1.  Courtney Barnett
2.  Jeremy Neale
3.  Kurt Vile
4.  Mac Demarco
5.  Rainbow Chan

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Devine Fits
2.  Beach Fossils
3.  Thee Oh Sees
4.  Japandroids
5.  Local Natives

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Jeremy Neale
2.  Boomgates
3.  Palms
4.  Cloud Control
5.  Woodboot

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Comedy Bang Bang
2.  Orange Is The New Black
3.  The Walking Dead
4.  Game Of Thrones
5.  Bob's Burgers

Top Five Films
1.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2.  Gravity
3.  Filth
4.  The Punk Singer
5.  The Great Gatsby

 Top Five Websites
1.  Scum mag
2.  Junkee
3.  Stilts
4.  Who The Hell
5.  AdamNOTeve

The Highlight Of 2013
Seeing local heroes Velociraptor play killer shows to huge crowds over Europe.

Prediction For 2014
More of your friends move overseas. Kale continues to be a big deal. Brisbane music continues to rule.