The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Steve Bell

Top Ten Albums
1.  Milk Music  -  Cruise Your Illusion
2.  The Drones  -  I Sea Seaweed
3.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
4.  Bed Wettin' Bad Boys  -  Ready For Boredom
5.  Dick Diver  -  Calendar Days
6.  Parquet Courts  -  Light Up Gold
7.  Future Of The Left  -  How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
8.  Superchunk  -  I Hate Music
9.  Rose Windows  -  The Sun Dogs
10.  Scott & Charlene's Wedding  -  Any Port In A Storm

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Sunnyboys  -  Our Best Of
2.  Mick Thomas presents  -  Vandeomonian Lags
3.  Neil Finn & Paul Kelly  -  Goin' Your Way (live)

Top Five Songs
1.  Superchunk  -  Trees Of Barcelona
2.  Milk Music  -  Illegal & Free
3.  Violent Soho  -  Fur Eyes
4.  Billy Bragg  -  Handyman Blues
5.  Jason Isbell  -  Traveling Alone

Artist Of The Year
1.  Milk Music
2.  Sunnyboys
3.  Neil Finn & Paul Kelly
4.  Cosmic Psychos
5.  The Drones

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Bruce Springsteen
2.  Superchunk
3.  Billy Bragg
4.  Wilco
5.  Fidlar

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Neil Finn/Paul Kelly
2.  Sunnyboys
3.  The Drones
4.  The Smith Street Band
5.  Violent Soho

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Key & Peele
2.  Tosh.0
3.  South Park
4.  The Simpsons
5.  The Mentalist

Top Five Films
1.  The Sunnyboy
2.  Django Unchained
3.  Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
4.  Gangster Squad
5.  Sound City

 Top Five Websites
1.  Saintsational
2.  The Music
3.  Cricinfo
4.  Cracked
5.  Boing Boing

The Highlight Of 2013
Weezer and Superchunk both returning to Oz for first time since 1996.

Prediction For 2014
St Kilda to fast-track rebuild. Aussies to reclaim Ashes. Pavement to re-reform.