Artist of the year - Cass McCombs
Other contenders - Karl Blau, Simon Joyner, Leantime, Sibylle Biaer
Album of the year (that came out in 2017) - 'Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent' or 'Leantime demos'
Best 35 tunes...
| Cherubs | Arab Strap |
| Birds & Sun & Clay | August Born |
| Hello Stranger | Barbara Lewis |
| Battalia a 10 - I. Sonata | Biber |
| Mythological Beauty | Big Thief |
| Pregnant Pause | Cass McCombs |
| So Damn Pure | Cass McCombs |
| Static Shape | Chad VanGaalen |
| Lucy | Cian Nugent |
| Silver Velvet | The Courtneys |
| Partly | Douga |
| Lucky Girl | Fazerdaze |
| Marker | Joanne Robertson |
| Before Telling Dragons | Karl Blau |
| Mockingbird Diet | Karl Blau |
| Emergency Blimp | King Krule |
| Cracked Globe | Kiran Leonard |
| Brick By Brick | Leantime |
| History | Leantime |
| Raid (f. M.E.D.) | Madvillain |
| Quiet Dog Bite Hard | Mos Def |
| (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For? | Nick Cave |
| Wednesday Wedding | Omni |
| Friend of mine | Picastro |
| Don’t Go To Anacita | Protomartyr |
| Chicago Balloon Riders | Ramleh |
| Scientist | Richard Dawson |
| Forget About | Sibylle Baier |
| My Life Is Sweet | Simon Joyner |
| When She Drops Her Veil | Simon Joyner |
| Shade and Honey | Sparklehorse |
| A Journey to Reedham (7 A.M. mix) | Squarepusher |
| Glenn Tipton | Sun Kil Moon |
| Cease Fire | Thurston Moore |
| I8 | Wedding |
