FORM’s 2023 Highlights
2023 has been a whirlwind at FORM! A year that saw the biggest ever editions of Pitchfork Music Festival London and Mutations Festival, plus a calendar filled with over 500 live shows across the country. We’ve been amazed by so many phenomenal album releases and awe-inspiring live performances this year.
Across the FORM team, we’ve chosen our top moments of 2023, encompassing everything from our favourite albums to standout live shows – check out the playlist here!
DAN MONSELL
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
Nation Of Language – Strange Disciple
Slow Pulp – Yard
Billy Woods / Kenny Segal – Maps
Youth Lagoon – Heaven Is A Junkyard
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Yaeji – With A Hammer
Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
Sza – Sos
Noname – Sundial
(Honourable Mentions)
Aja Monet -When The Poems Do What They Do
Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
boygenius – The Record
Killer Mike – Michael
Blur – The Ballad Of Darren
Ryuchi Sakamoto – Crystalline
Blonde Redhead – Sit Down For Dinner
PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old World Dying
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Bjork & Rosalia – Oral
Blur – The Narcissist
Kenya Grace – Strangers
Joanna sternberg – I’ve got me
Bar Italia – My Little Tony
Water from your eyes – Barley
Youth lagoon – Idaho Alien
Jess Williamson – Hunter
Janelle Monae – Float (ft Seun Kuti and Egypt 80)
Sampha – Spirit 2.0
Yaeji – For Granted
Best Gig of the Year
Outside of all the FORM shows – Madonna at The O2!
TV Show of the Year
The Bear
CHRIS LOWE
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Blink 182 – One More Time
Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylors Version)
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – MAPS
Caroline Polacheck – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Jess Williamson – Time Ain’t Accidental
Sigur Ros – ATTA
Zulu – A New Tomorrow
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Snooper – Super Snooper
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Blink 182 – Dance With Me
The Armed – Everything’s Glitter
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Bleachers – Modern Girl
CMAT – Stay For Something
Angie McMahon – FISH
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – Blue Smoke
Caroline Polacheck – Sunset
Jeff Rosenstock – Future is Dumb
Paramore – You First
Best Gig of the Year
Big Thief – Chalk, Brighton
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Snooper
TV Show of the Year
The Bear – Season 2
BOWIE BARTLETT
Top 10 Albums of the Year
deathcrash – Less
Ethan P. Flynn – Abandon All Hope
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
Squid – O Monolith
Grian Chatten – Chaos for the Fly
PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
Black Country, New Road – Live at Bush Hall
Ellis.D – Hullo, Reality!
Slowdive – everything is alive
Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Ethan P. Flynn – Demolition
Ugly – The Wheel
Maximilian – Kill Time
The New Eves – Mother
Tapir! – My God
Mary in the Junkyard – Tuesday
Skydaddy – That Morning
Opus Kink – Children
deathcrash – Empty Heavy
English Teacher – The World’s Biggest Paving Slab
Best Gig of the Year
Opus Kink at Village Underground in May
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Van Zon
TV Show of the Year
Time (series two)
JOE FORD
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Ratboys – The Window
Slow Pulp – Yard
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
Palehound – Eye on The Bat
Hannah Georgas – I’d be lying if I said I didn’t care…
Bully – Lucky For You
Samia – Honey
Youth Lagoon – Heaven is a Junkyard
SUDS – The Great Overgrowth
La Force – XO Skeleton
Top 10 Songs of the Year
IAN SWEET – Emergency Contact
Marika Hackman – No Caffeine
Miya Folick – Get out of My House
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
En Attendant Ana – Wonder
Blondshell – Kiss City
Ailbhe Reddy – Motherhood
DEBBY FRIDAY – So Hard To Tell
Water From Your Eyes – Barley
Metric – Nothing is Perfect
Best Gig of the Year
Feist – Roundhouse, London
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
TV Show of the Year
Poker Face
LOUISA ROBINSON
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Mitski – The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Youth Lagoon – Heaven Is a Junkyard
Ulrika Spacek – Compact Trauma
Lael Neale – Star Eaters Delight
Shame – Food For Worms
Nabihah Iqbal – DREAMER
Bar Italia – The Twits
Yaeji – With a Hammer
Mandy, Indiana – i’ve seen a way
PACKS – Crispy Crunchy Nothing
Top 10 Songs of the Year
two blinks, i love you – i love you
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
Troye Sivan – Rush
Caroline Polachek – Dang
Tapir! – My God
Big Thief – Vampire Empire
Water From Your Eyes – Barley
UCHE YARA – www she hot
dust – Joy(Guilt)
Kevin Morby – Triumph
Best Gig of the Year
Pulp – Hammersmith Apollo, London
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Slate
TV Show of the Year
The Last Of Us
PHOEBE POTTER
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Messy – Olivia Dean
The Record – boygenius
Javelin – Sufjan Stevens
Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) – Noah Kahan
Unreal Unearth – Hozier
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard – Lana Del Rey
The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We – Mitski
Something To Give Each Other – Troye Sivan
Desire I Want To Turn Into You – Caroline Polacheck
Love in Exile – Arooj Aftab
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Sunset – Caroline Polacheck
What’s the Time Where You Are? – Troye Sivan
Paint My Bedroom Black – Holly Humberstone
Little Wing – Etta Marcus
Not Strong Enough – boygenius
All Things End – Hozier
The View Between Villages (Extended Edition) – Noah Kahan
Petals on the Moon – Wasia Project
Is It Over Now? – Taylor Swift
My Love All Mine – Mitski
Best Gig of the Year
Boygenius – Gunnersbury Park, London
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Etta Marcus
TV Show of the Year
Lockwood and Co.
SAM LEAVER
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Nation of Language – Strange Disciple
Do Nothing – Snake Sideways
Peace – Utopia
Jacob Slater – Pinky, I Love You
Blur – The Ballad of Darren
Willie J Healey – Bunny
Geese – 3D Country
Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around
Egyptian Blue – A Living Commodity
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Mary In The Junkyard – Tuesday
Nation of Language – Sole Obsession
Do Nothing – Happy Feet
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Chew
FEET – Changing My Mind Again
The Goa Express – Good Luck Charm
Divorce – Birds
English Teacher – The World’s Biggest Paving Slab
Dust – Joy (Guilt)
Blur – The Narcissist
Best Gig of the Year
Nation of Language – Concorde 2, Brighton
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Mary In The Junkyard
TV Show of the Year
BEEF
BRYONY HOLDSWORTH
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Christine and the Queens – PARANOIA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
BAMBII – INFINITY CLUB
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Youth Lagoon – Heaven Is A Junkyard
Sofia Kourtesis – Madres
Pangaea – Changing Channels
Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
Kelela – Raven
Meshell Ndeogeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
TYGAPAW – love has never been a popular movement.
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Christine and the Queens – Full of Life
Youth Lagoon – Mercury
Sufjan Stevens – Shit Talk
Caroline Polachek – Pretty In Possible
Surusinghe – Bop
Vegyn – Makeshift Tourniquet
Mustafa – Name of God
Sampha – Only
Actress – Its me (g 8)
Bored Lord – Close My Eyes
Best Gig of the Year
Christine and the Queens – Royal Festival Hall, London
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
KABEAUSHÉ
TV Show of the Year
The Last Of Us
BRAD BUSHBY
Top 10 Albums of the Year
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – MAPS
Bawo – Legitimate Cause
Larry June & The Alchemist – The Great Escape
Feux – Max Mantra
Fly Anakin – Skinemaxxx (Side B)
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Voir Dire
P-rallel – Movement
Hotwax – invite me, Kindly
Andre 3000 – New Blue Sun
Kojaque – Phantom of the afters
Top 10 Songs of the Year
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal – soft landing
Larry June and The Alchemist – Palisades, CA feat. Big Sean
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist – The Caliphate feat. Vince Staples
Finn Foxell – Tyson
Bawo – Phase.1
Chase and Status – baddadan feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura
ENNY – Take it slow feat Loyle Carner
Flip Top Head – Alfred Street
IDLES – Grace
Bel Cobain – Came over me
Best Gig of the Year
Crumb – Chalk, Brighton
Best New Discovery / Ones to Watch
Flip Top Head
TV Show of the Year
The Bear – Season 2
