The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Scott Aitken

Top Ten Albums
1.  Deerhunter  -  Monomania
2.  Queens Of The Stone Age  -  ...Like Clockwork
3.  James Blake  -  Overgrown
4.  Pheonix  -  Entertainment!
5.  Disclosure  -  Settle
6.  Arctic Monkeys  -  AM
7.  Daft Punk  -  Random Access Memories
8.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
9.  Oneohtrix Point Never  -  R Plus 7
10.  Holy Ghost!  -  Dynamics

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Nirvana  -  In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
2.  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  -  Live From KCRW
3.  John Talabot  -  DJ-Kicks

Top Five Songs
1.  Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) -  Get Lucky
2.  James Blake  -  Retrograde
3.  Big Sean (featuring Jay Electronica & Kendrick Lamar)  -  Control
4.  Deerhunter  -  Monomania
5.  Yeezus  -  Blood On The Leaves

Artist Of The Year
1.  Yeezus
2.  Daft Punk
3.  David Bowie
4.  Disclosure
5.  Pheonix

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Leonard Cohen
2.  James Blake
3.  Cloud Nothings
4.  TNGHT
5.  Television

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Alpine
2.  The Love Junkies
3.  Pond
4.  Jae Laffer
5.  Boom! Bap! Pow!

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Arrested Development
2.  Breaking Bad
3.  Parks & Recreations
4.  Children's Hospital
5.  Axe Cop

Top Five Films
1.  Kick-Ass 2
2.  Stoker
3.  This Is The End
4.  Blue Jasmine
5.  Trance

 Top Five Websites
1.  Vice
2.  The Onion
3.  Triple J Unearthed
4.  Everything Is Terrible
5.  Beatport

The Highlight Of 2013
Seeing Leonard Cohen light up the Perth arena with one of the best performances I've ever seen from one of the world's greatest singer-songwriters.

Prediction For 2014
Pond finally acquire enough members from various side projects to start their own country on a small island somewhere.