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The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Tim Scarfe

Tim Scarfe sees an expansion of the live scene in 2014.

Top Ten Albums
1.  Vampire Weekend  -  Modern Vampires Of The City
2.  Phosphorescent  -  Muchacho
3.  Los Campesinos!  -  No Blues
4.  Arctic Monkeys  -  AM
5.  Merchandise  -  Total Nite
6.  Speedy Ortiz  -  Major Arcana
7.  James Blake  -  Overgrown
8.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
9.  Autre Ne Veut  -  Anxiety
10.  Chance The Rapper  -  Acid Rap

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Jai Paul  -  Jai Paul
2.  Flume  -  Flume (Deluxe Edition)
3.  The Postal Service  -  Give Up (10th Anniversary Edition)

Top Five Songs
1.  Arcade Fire  -  Reflektor
2.  Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) -  Get Lucky
3.  Disclosure (featuring AlunaGeorge)  -  White Noise
4.  Deerhunter  -  Neon Junkyard
5.  Los Campesinos!  -  Avocado Baby


Artist Of The Year
1.  Flume
2.  Jagwa Ma
3.  Torres
4.  Chance The Rapper
5.  Rufus

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Japandroids
2.  Chvrches
3.  Lorde
4.  Toro Y Moi
5.  Veronica Falls

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Tame Impala
2.  City Calm Down
3.  Kirin J Callinan
4.  Jinja Safari
5.  Amy Vee

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Breaking Bad
2.  Orange Is The New Black
3.  House Of Cards
4.  Game Of Thrones
5.  New Girl

Top Five Films
1.  Before Midnight
2.  No
3.  Enough Said
4.  Gravity
5.  The World's End

 Top Five Websites
1.  reddit.com
2.  HappyHourVirus.com
3.  Medium.com
4.  Narrative.ly
5.  Gorrila vs Bear

The Highlight Of 2013
Finally making the trip to SXSW, and being accepted for the hipster cliche I am.

Prediction For 2014
Looking into my crystal ball, I see an even greater expansion of the live scene as more small venues open their doors to live music.