The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Eli Gould

18 December 2013 | 8:47 am | Eli Gould

The Story So Far had a good run in 2013, according to Eli Gould.

 Top Ten Albums
 1.  Turnover  -  Magnolia
 2.  The Story So Far  -  What You Don't See
 3.  The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die  -  Whenever, If Ever
 4.  Northlane  -  Singularity
 5.  Long Lost  -  Save Yourself, Start Again
 6.  A Day To Remember  -  Common Courtesy
 7.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
 8.  Transit  -  Young New England
 9.  The Wonder Years  -  The Greatest Generation
 10.  Bring Me The Horizon  -  Sempiternal
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Story Of The Year  -  Page Avenue: 10 Years And Counting
 2.  Yellowcard  -  Ocean Avenue Acoustic
 3.  The Wonder Years  -  Sleeping On Trash: A Collection Of Songs Recorded 2005-2010
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Real Friends  -  I've Given Up On You
 2.  The Smith Street Band  -  Don't Fuck With Our Dreams
 3.  The Killers  -  Shot At The Night
 4.  D At Sea  -  All Over
 5.  Chu  -  Bucket Hat

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  The Story So Far
 2.  Northlane
 3.  Violent Soho
 4.  The Smith Street Band
 5.  Bring Me The Horizon
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Blink 182
 2.  The Story So Far
 3.  Anberlin
 4.  Bring Me The Horizon
 5.  The Wonder Years
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  Violent Soho
 2.  Daryl Braithwaite
 3.  Parkway Drive
 4.  Ricky Green
 5.  The Amity Affliction
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Breaking Bad
 2.  Sons Of Anarchy
 3.  Homeland
 4.  The Footy Show
 5.  The Newsroom
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  The Iceman
 2.  The Hangover Part 3
 3.  The Internship
 4.  Iron Man 3
 5.  World War Z
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  Karmaloop
 2.  Twitter
 3.  The Music
 4.  TSN NHL
 5.  KillYourStereo
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 Seeing Blink 182 live, interviewing some of my favourite bands and making the transition from music scribe to news journalist.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Read more, write more, dream more, live more, love more, look more, travel more, Fremantle Dockers 2014 Premiers