Sir, you're not wrong, the year is 2007. However my list belongs to 2005, the time that many amazing record was released. Let's remember some cool stuff in alphabetic order.

Best eclectic record
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs

Most melancholic record
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now

Best Indie rock record of the year
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Best alternative record
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Best female singer-songwriter
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Best live record/performance
Morrissey - Live at Earls Court

Best experimental stuff
Sigur Rós - Takk...

Best male singer/ songwriter
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers

Most striking record
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

Best new talent
Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires

Some great mp3 songs from 2005:
1. Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
2. Eels - I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart
3. Andrew Bird - Nervous tic motion of the head to the left
4. Arcade Fire - Laika