| Yearly Rock Report for 1997 | 
| # | Artist | Title | Label | 
|---|
 | 1 | Beatnik Filmstars | In Hospitalable | Merge | 
 | 2 | Various | Cheapo Crypt Sampler #2 | Crypt | 
 | 3 | Kudgel | Chimp is Dead | Super 8 | 
 | 4 | Thee Hydrogen Terrors | "Terror, Diplomacy, Public Relations" | Load | 
 | 5 | Helium | The Magic City | Matador | 
 | 6 | Apples in Stereo | Tone Soul Evolution | Spin Art | 
 | 7 | Bantam Rooser | Deal Me In | Crypt | 
 | 8 | Streetwalkin' Cheetahs | Overdrive | Alive | 
 | 9 | Electric Frankenstien | Sick Songs | Kado | 
 | 10 | Drags | Stop Rock and Roll | Estrus | 
 | 11 | 84 Nash | The Kings of Yeah | Rockathon | 
 | 12 | Abunai! | Universal Mind Decoder | Camera Obscura | 
 | 13 | Murder City Devils | S/T | Die Young | 
 | 14 | Anti Flag | Die for Your Government | New Red Archives | 
 | 15 | Tugboat Annie | Wake Up & Disappear | Kim Chee/Big Top | 
 | 16 | Various | Hate Your Neighbors | Pussy Muncher | 
 | 17 | Various | 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall! | Arf! Arf! | 
 | 18 | Bevis Frond | Son of Walter | Flydaddy | 
 | 19 | Karate | In Place of Real Insight | Southern | 
 | 20 | Various | Allston Rock City | Curve of the Earth | 
 | 21 | No-Talents | S/T | Broken | 
 | 22 | Unnatural Axe | Is Going to Kick Your Ass | Lawless | 
 | 23 | Mono Men | Have a Nice Day Motherfucker | Estrus! | 
 | 24 | Various | The Money Shot! | Chunklet | 
 | 25 | Huns | Live at the Palladium 1979 | Get Hip | 
 | 26 | Sick Things | Sounds of Silence | Au Go Go | 
 | 27 | Bomb Bassets | Take a Trip With the Bomb Bassets | Lookout | 
 | 28 | Dissolve | Third Album for the Sun | Kranky | 
 | 29 | Various | Iron City Punk Vol. II | Reverb | 
 | 30 | Various | Mirrors/Electric Eels/Styrenes | Scat | 
 | 31 | Future Bible Heroes | Memories of Love | Slow River | 
 | 32 | Thee Mighty Caesars | Remains | Hangman | 
 | 33 | Randumbs | It's About Time! | GMM | 
 | 34 | American Analog Set | From Our Living Room to Yours | Emp Norton | 
 | 35 | Calexico | Spoke | 1/4Stick | 
 | 36 | Various | Joe King Presents: More Bounce to the Ounce | Lookout | 
 | 37 | Various | Dreamboat | Cassiel | 
 | 38 | Toulouse | The Way the City Stretches | Won't Go Flat | 
 | 39 | Blanks 77 | Tanked and Pogoed in Space | Radical | 
 | 40 | Yo La Tengo | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | Matador | 
 | 41 | Dicks | 1980-1986 | Alt Tent | 
 | 42 | Makers | Hunger | Estrus | 
 | 43 | Various | Runt of the Litter 2 | Fan Attic | 
 | 44 | Elf Power | When the Red King Comes | Arena Rock | 
 | 45 | Syrup USA | All Over the Land | Flydaddy | 
 | 46 | Furious George | Gets a Record! | Recess | 
 | 47 | Brand New Unit | Diddley Squat | Creative Man | 
 | 48 | Action Patrol | On Patrol | Whirled | 
 | 49 | Various | ABC's of Punk | Whirled | 
 | 50 | Oblivians | Play songs with Mr. Quintron | Crypt | 
 | 51 | King Loser | Caul of the Outlaw | Flying Nun | 
 | 52 | Urinals | Negative Capability | Amph Rep | 
 | 53 | Hurl | Not a Memory | My Pal God | 
 | 54 | Sleater Kinney | Dig Me Out | Kill Rock Stars | 
 | 55 | Various | They Came from MASS | Big Wheel Rec | 
 | 56 | Authorities | Puppy Love | Get Hip | 
 | 57 | Delgados | Domestiques | March | 
 | 58 | Various | Pebbles Vol 10 | AIP | 
 | 59 | Containe | Only Cowards Walk Like Cowards | Enchante | 
 | 60 | Apples in Stereo | Science Faire | Spin Art | 
 | 61 | Pinkerton Thugs | The Pain and the Pinkerton Thugs | VML | 
 | 62 | Promise Ring | Nothing Feels Good | Jade Tree | 
 | 63 | Bright | The Albatross Guest House | Ba Da Bing! | 
 | 64 | Elevator to Hell | Eerieconsiliation | Sub Pop | 
 | 65 | Beatnik Filmstars | Off-White Noise e.p. | Merge | 
 | 66 | "Manning, Barbara" | 1212 | Matador | 
 | 67 | Various | America in Decline | 6 Weeks | 
 | 68 | Various | "Gerty Farrish/Pissed-Officers split 12""" | - | 
 | 69 | Bratface | Attention Deficit Disorder | Fan Attic/Repro | 
 | 70 | Unseen | Lower Class Crucifixion | VML | 
 | 71 | Ducky Boys | Gettin Out | GMM | 
 | 72 | Muffs | Happy Birthday to Me | Reprise | 
 | 73 | Major Stars | Rock Sounds of People | Twisted Village | 
 | 74 | Big Heifer | Your Gravity | Hat Factory | 
 | 75 | Dropouts | Come On | Unclean | 
 | 76 | Bailter Space | Capsul | Turnbuckle | 
 | 77 | Belle and Sebastian | If You're Feeling Sinister | Enclave | 
 | 78 | Various | Caught in the Cyclone | Cyclone | 
 | 79 | Pendulum Floors | Kicking Good Time | Villa Villanula | 
 | 80 | Cheater Slicks | Forgive Thee | In the Red | 
 | 81 | Better than a Thousand | Just One | Revelation | 
 | 82 | Cosmic Psychos | Oh What a Lovely Pie | Amph Rep | 
 | 83 | Eric Matthews | The Lateness of the Hour | SubPop | 
 | 84 | Vktms | S/T | Broken Rekids | 
 | 85 | Lyres | Early Years 79-88 Live | Crypt | 
 | 86 | Various | "Showcase Showdown/August Spies split 7""" | Tario | 
 | 87 | Sea and Cake | The Fawn | Thrill Jockey | 
 | 88 | Trans Am | Surrender to the Night | Thrill Jockey | 
 | 89 | Guitar Wolf | Missle Me | Matador | 
 | 90 | Ashley Von Hurter and the Haters | "7"" EP" | Baby Doll | 
 | 91 | Fu Manchu | The Action is Go | Mammoth | 
 | 92 | Guitar Wolf | Planet of the Wolves | Matador | 
 | 93 | Moog Cookbook | Plays the Classic Rock Hits | Restless | 
 | 94 | Crazy Alice | Hey Jimmy Have a Great Summer | Catapult | 
 | 95 | Various | Tokyo Trashville | Au Go Go | 
 | 96 | Various | "Bastard Squad/Dislexics split 7""" | Fat Einstein | 
 | 97 | Amp | Astral Moonbeam Projections | Kranky | 
 | 98 | Notwist | 12 | Zero Hour | 
 | 99 | Iggy and the Stooges | Year of the Iguana | Bomp | 
 | 100 | AC | I Like it When You Die | Earache |