The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Tom Hersey

Top Ten Albums
1.  Queens of the Stone Age  -  ... Like Clockwork
2.  Artic Monkeys  -  AM
3.  Grant Hart  -  The Argument
4.  Ghostface Killah  -  Twelve Reasons To Die
5.  Pissed Jeans  -  Honeys
6.  Monster Magnet  -  Last Patrol
7.  Iceage  -  You're Nothing
8.  The Dillinger Escape Plan  -  One Of Us Is The Killer
9.  The Smith Street Band  -  Don't Fuck With Our Dreams
10.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Lemonheads  -  Hate Your Friends
2.  JJDOOM  -  Keys to the Kuffs (Butter Edition)
3.  Various  -  Adult Swim Singles Club

Top Five Songs
1.  Artic Monkeys  -  Do I Wanna Know?
2.  The Dillinger Escape Plan  -  One Of Us Is The Killer
3.  Iceage  -  Ecstasy
4.  Queens Of The Stone Age  -  Smooth Sailing
5.  Pissed Jeans  -  Cafeteria Food

Artist Of The Year
1.  Black Flag
2.  Neutral Milk Hotel
3.  MF Doom
4.  Artic Monkeys
5.  Grant Hart

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Black Flag
2.  Neutral Milk Hotel
3.  Sleep
4.  Fucked Up
5.  Om

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Robotosaurus
2.  Grinspoon
3.  I Exist
4.  Violent Soho
5.  The Smith Street Band

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Eastbound & Down
2.  Girls
3.  It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
4.  New Girl
5.  Fresh Meat

Top Five Films
1.  Spring Breakers
2.  Francis Ha
3.  Damsels In Distress
4.  This Is The End
5.  The Internship

 Top Five Websites
1.  Facebook
2.  Wikipedia
3.  The A.V. Club
4.  ABC News
5.  Google

The Highlight Of 2013
Drinks

Prediction For 2014
A.J. Maddah owning all forms of creative expression