The Music Writer's Poll 2013: Lachlan Marks

Top Ten Albums
1.  Queens of the Stone Age  -  …Like Clockwork
2.  Future of the Left  -  How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
3.  Dillinger Escape Plan  -  One of Us is the killer
4.  Arctic Monkeys  -  AM
5.  Violent Soho  -  Hungry Ghost
6.  The Static Jacks  -  In Blue
7.  Uncle Acid And The Dead Beats  -  Mind Control
8.  Polar Bear Club  -  Death Chorus
9.  The Snowdroppers  -  Moving Out of Eden
10.  The Strokes  -  Comedown Machine

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Queens of the Stone Age  -  ...Like Clockwork
2.  Future of the Left  -  How to Turn Off Your Brain in an Accident
3.  Arctic Monkeys  -  AM

Top Five Songs
1.  Queens Of The Stone Age - If I Had A Tail
2.  Dillinger Escape Plan  -  When I Lost My Bet
3.  Born Lion - D for Danger
4.  The Mercy Beat  -  Tinnitus
5.  The Snowdroppers  -  Exscavating

Artist Of The Year
1.  Queens Of The Stone Age
2.  Born Lion
3.  Prince
4.  Totally Unicorn
5.  Sheriff

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Prince
2.  Weezer
3.  The Chariot
4.  Truckfighters
5.  The Sword

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Born Lion
2.  Totally Unicorn
3.  Sheriff
4.  King Parrot
5.  The Stiffys

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Eastbound and Down
2.  Breaking Bad
3.  Hannibal
4.  The Fall
5.  Top Of The Lake

Top Five Films
1.  This Is The End
2.  Mud
3.  Only God Forgives
4.  Prisoners
5.  2 Guns

 Top Five Websites
1.  wikipedia
2.  The Music
3.  ABC iview
4.  MusicFeeds
5.  The AU Review

The Highlight Of 2013
Prince

Prediction For 2014
More people telling me about how they quit facebook; laserdiscs are the new vinyl; we all go to jail for having Netflix.