The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Tyler McLoughlan

Top Ten Albums
1.  Adalita  -  All Day Venus
2.  Arctic Monkeys  -  AM
3.  Ainslie Wills  -  You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine
4.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
5.  Hungry Kids of Hungary  -  You're A Shadow
6.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
7.  London Grammar  -  If You Wait
8.  McKisko  -  Eximo
9.  Rufus  -  Atlas
10.  Zeahorse  -  Pools

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Gurrumul & The Sydney Symphony  -  His Life And Music
2.  Sleepmakeswaves  -  ...And Then They Remixed Everything
3.  Clint Mansell  -  Stoker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Top Five Songs
1.  Arctic Monkeys  -  Do I Wanna Know?
2.  Chelsea Wolfe  -  We Hit A Wall
3.  Adalita  -  Annihilate Baby
4.  Holy Holy  -  Impossible Like You
5.  McKisko  -  Dirt Story Howl

Artist Of The Year
1.  Adalita
2.  Arctic Monkeys
3.  Violent Soho
4.  Gurrumul
5.  Jeremy Neale

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Deftones
2.  Cat Power
3.  Ash
4.  Bruce Springsteen
5.  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Adalita
2.  Violent Soho
3.  Xavier Rudd
4.  Regurgitator
5.  Ainslie Wills

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Breaking Bad
2.  The League
3.  The Walking Dead
4.  The Time Of Our Lives
5.  Falling Skies
 
The Highlight Of 2013
Watching strong female Australian artists develop outside of trending genres with passion, honesty and a genuine connection to audience and craft.

Prediction For 2014
Crowd-funding fatigue, Australian Idol – the bedroom producer season and Clive Palmer wins best comedy release ARIA for 'Parliamentary Lolz'.