The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Ross Clelland

Top Ten Albums
1.  Jason Isbell  -  Southeastern
2.  Low  -  The Invisible Way
3.  The Drones  -  I See Seaweed
4.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
5.  Jae Laffer  -  When The Iron Glows Red
6.  Billy Bragg  -  Tooth & Nail
7.  Cash Savage & The Last Drinks  -  The Hypnotiser
8.  Eels  -  Wonderful Glorious
9.  Dick Diver  -  Calendar Days
10.  Mick Harvey  -  Four (Acts Of Love)

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  You Am I  -  Hourly Daily (Superunreal Reissue)
2.  You Am I  -  Hi Fi Way (Superunreal Reissue)
3.  You Am I  -  Sound As Ever (Superunreal Reissue)

Top Five Songs
1.  Avant Gardener  -  Courtney Barnett
2.  Is This How You Feel?  -  The Preatures
3.  Wednesday  -  Livingstone Daisies
4.  Sometimes - Harry Hookey  
5.  Fool - Sarah Blasko  

Artist Of The Year
1.  Bruce Springsteen
2.  Lou Reed
3.  Lorde
4.  Justin Timberlake
5.  Flume

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Bruce Springsteen
2.  Wilco
3.  Bob Mould
4.  Billy Bragg
5.  David Byrne & St Vincent

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  You Am I
2.  Neil Finn & Paul Kelly
3.  The Drones
4.  Hoodoo Gurus
5.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Friday Night Football
2.  Elementary
3.  The Blacklist
4.  Keating
5.  Generation Kill 

 Top Five Websites
1.  facebook
2.  Twitter
3.  Metacritic
4.  Crikey
5.  The Guardian Australia

The Highlight Of 2013
Still waiting for it.

Prediction For 2014
Hipster beards become longer, until spate of 'facial hair caught in spokes of fixed-gear bike' accidents.