FORM’s 2022 Highlights
What an incredible year for music! After what feels like our first year “back” in a very long time, we’ve been buzzing all year with the release of so many incredible albums, jaw-dropping live shows and the return of festivals. The FORM team have put together our highlights of 2022, including everything from best albums to our most beloved venues – from music titans to fierce up and coming artists, check it out below…
• CHRIS LOWE •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter
Pedro The Lion – Havasu
Muna – Muna
Deathcrash – Return
Tourist – Inside Out
Dehd – Blue Skies
The Armed – Ultrapop: Live at The Masonic
Undeath – It’s Time……To Rise from the Grave
Maggie Rogers – Surrender
Anxious – Little Green House
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Ethel Cain – American Teenager
Kevin Morby – This is a Photograph
BICEP – Meli (II)
Maggie Rogers – Anywhere with You
The Midnight – Brooklyn. Friday. Love
Yard Act – Land of The Blind
Dashboard Confessional – Here’s to Moving On
Pedro the Lion – First Drumset
Sorcha Richardson – Shark Eyes
Muna – What I Want.
• Best Gig – BICEP @ Brighton Centre, Brighton
• Best Festival – Mutations Festival 2022
• Best Collaboration – Arsenal x Adidas
• Ones to Watch – Pool Kids
• Top 5 Films of the Year •
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Batman
Prey
Hustle
Thirteen Lives
• Best TV Show – The Bear
• Best Venue – Chalk
• LOUSIA ROBINSON •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Plains – I Walked With You A Ways
Angel Olsen – Big Time
Toro Y Moi – Mahal
Cola – Deep In View
Crows – Beware Believers
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
Special Interest – Endure
Okay Kaya – SAP
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
LCD Soundsystem – New Body Rhumba
Rosalia – Bizcochito
M(h)aol – Asking For It
Yaya Bey – Meet Me In Brooklyn
Gilla Band – Eight Fivers
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Blenda
Naima Bock – Giant Palm
Andy Shauf – Satan
Big Thief – Love Love Love
Sister Ray – Good News
• BOWIE BARTLETT •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
death crash – Return
Honeyglaze – Honeyglaze
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
Black Midi – Hellfire
caroline – caroline
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Horsegirl -Versions of Modern Performance
Sister Ray – Communion
KEG – Girders
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Black Country, New Road – The Place Where He Inserted the Blade
Honeyglaze – Childish Things
Jockstrap – Lancaster Courts
Bull – Stuck!
Black Country, New Road – Bread Song
deathcrash – Unwind
Spang Sisters – 6 Feet
Astrel K – Clicktivism
Kristine Leschper – This Animation
English Teacher – Polyawkward
• Best Gig – Arooj Aftab @ Sonic City, Belgium
• Best Festival – Mutations Festival 2022
• Best Collaboration – Pint-Sized Punk X End of the Road
• Best Cover – Happier Than Ever – BC,NR
• Ones to Watch – heka
• Top 5 Films of the Year •
The Inside Outtakes (Bo Burnham)
Moonage Daydream
Don’t Worry, Darling
Belfast
Jackass Forever
• Best TV Show – The Crown
• Best Venue – Windmill Brixton
• POLLY MITCHELL •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
Angel Olsen – Big Time
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Cole Pulice – Scry
Okay Kaya – SAP
Daphi – Cherry
Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
Mabe Fratti – Algo Grandioso
They Hate Change – Finally, New
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Rozi Plain – Agreeing For Two
Tiberius B – Olivia
M(h)aol – Asking For It
Kelela – Happy Ending
Andy Shauf – Satan
Laundromat – Combo
Two Shell – Dust
Big Thief – Little Things
Mitski – That’s Our Lamp
Emma Jean Thackeray – Too Much / Too Little
• BRAD BUSHBY •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Loyle Carner – Hugo
Ed Scissor – Post Sleep
Ebi Soda – Honk if You’re Sad
Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant to be
SLY5THAVE – Somebodies Gotta Do It
Sonnyjim & The Purist – White Girl Wasted
Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn – Nothing New Under the Sun
Jam Baxter – Fetch the poison
Jeshi – Universal Credit
deathcrash – Return
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Jeshi – Protien
Louis Vulture, Yama//Sato, BAWO – 7am
Wet Leg – Chaise Lounge
Loyle Carner – Hate
Ed Scissor – Sun + Sea + Pearl + Shell
deathcrash – Unwind
Wiki – The Fonz
EBI Soda – Yoshi Orange
Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn, Kojey Radical – Cats & Dogs
Sonnyjim & The Purist, MF Doom, Jay Electronica – Bars Simpson
• Best Gig – Mahalia @ Chalk, Brighton
• Best Festival – Mutations Festival 2022
• Best Collaboration – Tyler, the Creator, Pharrell & 21 Savage – Cash in, cash out
• Best Cover – Raye – Running Up That Hill
• Ones to watch –
Miso Extra
Lynks
Jeshi
Ebi Soda
Nokia Mansion
Jordy
BAWO
Bob Vylan
• Top 5 Films of the Year •
Hustle
Both Side of the Blade
The Eight Mountains
Decision to Leave
Jackass Forever
• Best TV Show – The Bear
• Best Venue – Patterns, Brighton
• PHOEBE POTTER •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Taylor Swift – Midnight (3am Edition)
DJO – Decide
Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let Go
Maya Hawke – MOSS
Yot Club – off the grid
Orla Gartland – Woman on the Internet (Anniversary Edition)
Florence and The Machine – Dance Fever
Easy Life – MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE
Conan Gray – Superache
Phoebe Green – Lucky Me
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Lana Del Ray – Buddy’s Rendezvous
Suki Waterhouse – Moves
Taylor Swift – You’re On Your Own, Kid
Phoebe Bridgers – Sidelines
The 1975 – About You
Searows – Keep The Rain
Billie Eilish – TV
Maya Hawke – Thérèse
DJO – End of Beginning
Taylor Swift – Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
• Best Gig – Billie Eilish @ The O2, London
• Best Festival – Mutations Festival 2022
• Best Collaboration – So Much Wine – Phoebe Bridgers (ft. Paul Mescal)
• Best Cover – Harry Styles – Wet Dream (Wet Leg Cover)
• Ones to Watch – Searows
• Top 5 Films of the Year •
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Bones and All
Aftersun
X
Moonage Daydream
• Best TV Show – Young Royals
• Best Venue – Chalk – Brighton
• CATHERINE NEILSON •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
THUMPER – Delusions of Grandeur
Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
Oliver Tree – Cowboy Tears
Pool Kids – Pool Kids
PUP – THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND
Anxious – Little Green House
caroline – caroline
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
Gretel Hänlyn – Slugeye
Hot Mulligan – Acoustic Vol.2 EP
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Microwave – Circling the Drain
caroline – Good Morning (red)
Sega Bodega – Keptko
THUMPER – Overbite
The Armed – AN ITERATION (Live)
Bicep – Water (ft Clara La San)
Drug Church – Million Miles of Fun
Coach Party – FLAG (Feel Like A Girl)
Spielbergs – There Is No Way Out
Angel Oslen – Big Time
• Best Gig – PUP @ Chalk, Brighton
• Best Festival – Latitude
• Best Collaboration – Oliver Tree / Robin Schulz – Miss You
• Ones to Watch
Lambrini Girls
THUMPER
• Top 5 Films of the Year •
Barbarian
Jackass Forever
Nope
Fall
Halloween Ends
• Best TV Show – Ozark
• Best Venue – Green Door Store
• DAN MONSELL •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Kendrick Lamar – Mr Morale and The Big Steppers
Kevin Morby – This is a Photograph
Dehd – Blue Skies
Beyonce – Renaissance
Toro Y Moi – Mahal
They Hate Change – Finally, New
Lil Silva – Everything is Heavy
Alex G – God Save The Animals
Lucretia Dalt – !Ay!
• Honourable Mentions •
Coby Sey – Conduit
Animal Collective – Time Skiffs
The Smile – A light for attracting attention
Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons
700 Bliss – Nothing to Declare
Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
Vince Staples – Romana Park Broke My Heart
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Two Shell – Pod
Special Interest feat Mykki Blanco – Midnight Legend
Toro Y Moi – Postman
Flume feat Caroline Polachek – Sirens
Taylor Swift – Anti Hero
Dehd – Stars
Jockstrap – Greatest Hits
Yean Yeah Yeahs ft Perfume Genius – Spitting of the edge of the world
Alex G – Runner
Alvvays – Belinda Says
• Honourable Mentions •
Let’s Eat Grandma – Happy new Year
Sudan Archives – Home Maker
Caroline Polachek – Sunset
Megan Thee Stallion – Plan B
Rosalia – Soaka
Ethel Cain – American teenager
Orville Peck – ‘C’mon baby cry’
Sudan Archives – Home Maker
• Best TV Show(s) –
Atlanta
The Bear
House of Dragon (yep)
Blackbird
Hacks
• Best Venue(s)
EartH
Chalk
• Ones to Watch
Wesley Joseph
Samia
Two Shell
Sans Soucis
• JOE FORD •
• Top 10 Albums of the Year •
PVA – Blush
Stars – From Capleton Hill
Skullcrusher – Quiet The Room
Alvvays – Blue Rev
Sister Ray – Communion
Florist – Florist
String Machine – Hallelujah Hell Yeah
PENDANT – Harp
Momma – Household Name
OMBIIGIZI – Sewn Back Together
• Top 10 Songs of the Year •
Bodega – Statuette on the Console
Sorry – Let the Lights On
Widowspeak – True Blue
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Burning
The Big Moon – Wide Eyes
Tomberlin – happy accident
Let’s Eat Grandma – Happy New Year
Warpaint – Champion
Metric – False Dichotomy
Sylvan Esso – Echo Party
• Best Venue – Moth Club, London
• Best Gig – Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ O2 Academy Brixton, London
