The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Scott Fitzsimons

18 December 2013 | 8:51 am | Scott Fitzsimons

Scott Fitzimons predicts Vance Joy's almost-annoyingly-increased popularity in 2014.

Top Ten Albums
1.  Glen Campbell  -  See You There
2.  Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey  -  The Great Country Songbook
3.  Retox  -  YPLL
4.  The Civil Wars  -  The Civil Wars
5.  Kasey Musgraves  -  Same Trailer, Different Park
6.  Jasmine Rae  -  If I Want To
7.  Ashley Monroe  -  Like A Rose
8.  Boy & Bear  -  Harlequin Dream
9.  Dean Brody  -  Crop Circles
10.  Eleventh He Reaches London  -  Bānhūs

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Slim Dusty  -  The Son Of Noisy Dan
2.  Alan Jackson  -  Precious Memories Vol 2
3.  Bad Religion  -  Christmas Songs

Top Five Songs
1.  Retox  -  Greasy Palms
2.  Glen Campbell  -  Waiting On The Comin' Of My Lord
3.  The Civil Wars  -  The One That Got Away
4.  Elton John  -  Home Again
5.  Baylou  -  Novocaine


Artist Of The Year
1.  Born Lion
2.  Vance Joy
3.  Bad//Dreems
4.  High Tension
5.  Morgan Evans

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Corb Lund
2.  Alan Jackson
3.  Bruce Springsteen
4.  Big & Rich
5.  Karl Hyde

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Gurrumul
2.  Born Lion
3.  Jasmine Rae
4.  Bad//Dreems
5.  High Tension

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Open Mike
2.  Speedweek
3.  On The Couch
4.  House Of Cards
5.  Psychic Oz TV

Top Five Films
1.  Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
2.  Narco Cultura
3.  The Sunnyboy
4.  Red Obsession
5.  Rush

 Top Five Websites
1.  theMusic.com.au
2.  RadioLeMans
3.  Mog
4.  The Whisky Exchange
5.  Eurosport

The Highlight Of 2013
CMC Rocks The Hunter - best festival I've been to in years thanks to The Legarde Twins and the rare Ardbeg behind the bar.

Prediction For 2014
People to start saying, "Am I ever going to have a day where I don't seen Vance Joy mentioned in my news feed?"