The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Stephanie Tell

Top Ten Albums
1.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
2.  Wavves  -  Afraid Of Heights
3.  Jon Hopkins  -  Immunity
4.  My Bloody Valentine  -  m b v
5.  Joanna Gruesome  -  Weird Sister
6.  Sweet Valley  -  SV
7.  Swearin'  -  Swearin'
8.  Speedy Ortiz  -  Major Arcana
9.  Dick Diver  -  Calendar Days
10.  The Knife  -  Shaking The Habitual

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Nirvana  -  In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition
2.  Four Tet  -  Rounds
3.  Flume  -  Flume (Deluxe Edition)

Top Five Songs
1.  Atolls  -  Darkness
2.  Violent Soho  -  Dope Calypso
3.  The Smith Street Band  -  Don't Fuck With Our Dreams
4.  Wavves  -  Afraid Of Heights
5.  Bloods  -  Language

Artist Of The Year
1.  Atolls
2.  Violent Soho
3.  Twerps
4.  Dinosaur Jr.
5.  Bloods

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Weezer
2.  Dinosaur Jr.
3.  Neutral Milk Hotel
4.  My Bloody Valentine
5.  Wavves

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Atolls
2.  Violent Soho
3.  Dick Diver
4.  Bloods
5.  Lowtide

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Breaking Bad
2.  The Hamster Decides
3.  Game Of Thrones
4.  Arrested Development
5.  Archer

Top Five Films
1.  Mud
2.  Gravity
3.  Kick-Ass 2
4.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5.  Cloud Atlas

 Top Five Websites
1.  Guardian Australia
2.  Rotten Tomatoes
3.  Television Tropes & Idioms
4.  Drew's Script-O-Rama
5.  BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker

The Highlight Of 2013
Underrated Melbourne band, Atolls - their 'Hair Machine'  EP and their many amazing live performances.

Prediction For 2014
One of The Rolling Stones will kick the bucket in Australia.