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December 28, 2022 135 mins

Syndicate 23 presents the 6th Annual Audioface Awards! Thanks for listening this year, we appreciate listening with you. Award categories and nominees are listed below:

“FROM DUSK TO DAWN” BEST MUGSHOT AWARD:
SLIM JXMMI
SpotemGottem
Kodak Black
Mystikal

WORST MUSIC ON FLAT SCORCHED EARTH,
NUKED HAWAII,
NO QUID PRO QUO,
BLEACH INJECTION,
RIPPED SKULL DIAMOND,
FTX TRADING LTD. BAHAMAS 2022:
“God Did” by DJ Khaled
“Mainstream Sellout” by Machine Gun Kelly
"Palaces" by Flume

BEST INDIE ALBUM
“Ants From Up There” by Black Country, New Road
“DECIDE” by Djo
“Skinty Fia” by Fontaines D.C.
“Wet Leg” self titled
“Ugly Season” by Perfume Genius
“Big Time” by Angel Olsen
“And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow” by Weyes Blood

BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUM
“Fragments” by Bonobo
“Actual Life 3” by Fred Again..
“Paradise Again” by Swedish House Mafia
“Cherry” by Daphni
“Fossora” by Björk
“RENAISSANCE” by Beyoncé
“Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2” by Calvin Harris

MAINSTREAM AWARD (BEST OVERPLAYED SONG)
“Moth to a Flame” by Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd
“Rich Flex” by Drake & 21 Savage
“As it Was” by Harry Styles
“Break My Soul” by Beyoncé
“Titi Me Pregunto” by Bad Bunny
“Unholy” by Sam Smith & Kim Petras
“The Loneliest Time” by Carly Rae Jepsen


RETURN TO FORM AWARD
Phoenix
BROCKHAMPTON
Spoon

BEST POP ALBUM
“Un Verano Sin Ti” by Bad Bunny
“MOTOMAMI ”by ROSALÍA
“Multitude” by Stromae
“Midnights” by Taylor Swift
“Hold the Girl” by Rina Sawayama
“Harry’s House” by Harry Styles
“Crash” by Charli XCX

BEST NEO-POP ALBUM
“SMITHEREENS” by Joji
“Gemini Rights” by Steve Lacy
“You Can’t Kill Me” by 070 Shake
“WASTELAND” by Brent Faiyaz
“Caprisongs” by FKA Twigs
“Serpentina” by BANKS
“Dawn FM” by The Weeknd

THE “DON’T FUCKING SLEEP” AWARD FOR BEST NEW ARTIST
Fred Again..
Nova Twins
CMAT
Wet Leg
Will Cherry


SONG OF THE YEAR
“Jungle” by Fred Again..
“Cash in Cash Out” by Pharell, 21 Savage, Tyler the Creator
“Looking At Your Pager” by KH
“DESPECHÁ” by ROSALÍA
“About Damn Time” by Lizzo

THE "SOFT A" AWARD FOR IDIOCY IN MUSIC
Kodak Black for Florida Panthers f***
Damon Albarn “Taylor Swift doesn’t write her own music”
Ye for Speedrunning Divorce and getting his wife Sketed
Adam Levine for sexts
Rick Ross for not paying his workers

THE AUDIENCEFACE AWARD
“ULTRAVIOLET” by Will Cherry
“Renaissance” by Beyoncé
“Drill Music in Zion” by Lupe Fiasco
“Midnights” by Taylor Swift
“Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers” by Kendrick Lamar
“Black Radio III” by Robert Glasper
“Serpentina” by BANKS


BEST RAP/TRAP ALBUM
“GHETTOS GODS” by EARTHGANG
“Mr Morale and the Big Steppers” by Kendrick Lamar
“It’s Almost Dry” by Pusha T
“Melt My Eyez See Your Future” by Denzel Curry
"$oul $old $eparately” by Freddie Gibbs
“Cheat Codes” by Black Thought and Danger Mouse
“Her Loss” by Drake & 21 Savage
“As Above, So Below” by Sampa The Great
“The Forever Story” by JID
“HEROES & VILLAINS” by Metro Boomin

THE HARD “K” AWARD FOR BIGOTRY IN MUSIC (the hard legally redacted)
Ye
Rex Orange County
Win Butler
Mystikal
Morrissey

AUDIOFACE UNALBUM (WORST ALBUM OF THE YEAR)
“Me ve Me” by NLE CHOPPA
“Dropout Boogie” by The Black Keys
“Mainstream Sellout” by Machine Gun Kelly
“Honestly, Nevermind” by Drake
“Palaces” by Flume


BEST ROCK/ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
“Alpha Zulu” by Phoenix
“Laurel Hell” by Mitski
“A Light For Attracting Attention” by Th

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