The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Aleksia Barron

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
 2.  Horrorshow  -  King Amongst Many
 3.  Chvrches  -  The Bones Of What You Believe
 4.  The National  -  Trouble Will Find Me
 5.  Lorde  -  Pure Heroine
 6.  Earl Sweatshirt  -  Doris
 7.  Suburban Dark  -  Second Front
 8.  Haim  -  Days Are Gone
 9.  Arcade Fire  -  Reflektor
 10.  Mantra  -  Telling Scenes
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Kanye West  -  Black Skinhead
 2.  Haim  -  The Wire
 3.  Chvrches  -  Gun
 4.  Lorde  -  Team
 5.  Horrorshow  -  Dead Star Shine
 

 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Lorde
 2.  Urthboy
 3.  Kanye West
 4.  Horrorshow
 5.  Chvrches
 
 Best Three International Artist Performances 
 1.  Weezer
 2.  Of Monsters & Men
 3.  Bryan Adams
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Paul Kelly
 2.  Horrorshow
 3.  You Am I
 4.  Urthboy
 5.  Remi
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Breaking Bad
 2.  Game Of Thrones
 3.  Mad Men
 4.  Offspring
 5.  Bob's Burgers
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Much Ado About Nothing
 2.  Rush
 3.  Pacific Rim
 4.  The Heat
 5.  The Turning
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  Vulture
 2.  Slate
 3.  Twitter
 4.  xo Jane
 5.  Jezebel
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 The sublime Eddie Perfect play "The Beast" at the MTC. A night at the theatre I've still not stopped thinking about.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 The Doge meme will stop being funny. Such sad, yet many obvious, wow.