And, of course, being comprehensive is impossible these days, so let us know if we missed your favourite and maybe we’ll add it to the collection.

If I Die in Mississippi – Artless
(RIYL: bedroom pop, ambient, Sam Ray, sad)

In Love With a Ghost – Let’s Go
(RIYL: electronic, chillwave, dream pop)

Jake Bellissimo – Piece of Ivy
(RIYL: indie pop, Gay Angel)

Jemima Coulter – lampshade ep
(RIYL: bedroom pop, chilled out, Volcano Choir)

Joyride! – Half Moon Bay
(RIYL: pop punk, indie rock, All Dogs)

Julia Brown – An Abundance of Strawberries
(RIYL: experimental, indie pop, Elephant 6)

Lake Michigan – Gleaming
(RIYL: bedroom pop, late night vibes, Arrange)

Lance Bangs – Lance Mountain
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie pop, Colin Thibodeauxxx)

Lazy Legs – s/t
(RIYL: shoegaze, noise pop, feedback)

Little Kid – Flowers
(RIYL: fuzz pop, bedroom folk, reflective thoughts)

Long Neck – Spring Cleaning
(RIYL: bedroom pop, Cyberbully Mom Club, Jawbreaker Reunion)

Max Gardener – Memory Lounge
(RIYL: dream pop, bedroom pop, slacker)

Mineral Girls – Seven Inches of Release
(RIYL: noise pop, emo, indie rock)

Moin Moin – Dawn
(RIYL: folk, bedroom pop, delicate, quiet)

MOLAR / Pale Kids – Split
(RIYL: pop punk, riot grrrl, The Courtneys)

Molly Drag – Tethered Rendering
(RIYL: bedroom pop, experimental, dreamy vibes)

Monarch Mtn – Everyone is Here
(RIYL: grand melancholy, nighttime)

Monster Rally – Mystery Cove
(RIYL: experimental, hip hop, tropicana)

Moving In – Sunburn
(RIYL: bedroom pop, lo-fi, teenage heartbreak)

Naps – Happy All the Time Forever Always
(RIYL: ambient, experimental, tape hiss)

No Museums – The Drifting Knives
(RIYL: basement rock, indie pop, lo-fi)

Nice Try – s/t
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie pop, Frankie Cosmos)

Nikolas Escudero – 100
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie pop, slacker)

No Dice Tapes – 2016: the year all bad things went away and everything turned out to be fine
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie pop, good causes, ironic titles)

Noname – Telefone
(RIYL: hip hop, rap, courageous poetry)

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Ice Dragon – Born On A Heavy Morning

(RIYL: experimental, psychedelic, stoner rock)

If Thousands – For

(RIYL: drone, ambient, Low, Sigur Ros)

Ings – Dog Physics

(RIYL: bedroom pop, lullabies, Plaid Dragon)

Inlet Sound – The Romantics (Special Edition)

(RIYL: indie pop, folk, Cataldo)

Jake Klar – Rocks & Gravel EP

(RIYL: blues, country, folk, whiskey, Justin Townes Earle)

Jason Anderson – Omaha

(RIYL: folk, rock, Americana)

Julia Brown – To Be Close To You

(RIYL: bedroom pop, Teen Suicide, Coma Cinema)

Killer Whale – Giant Waves EP

(RIYL: experimental folk, ambient, summer)

Lace Bows – Bows of Summer

(RIYL: experimental, noise, field recordings)

Malpas – Where the River Runs EP (Technically 2012 but whatever)

(RIYL: electronic, folk, Tunng)

Matthew Bailey – Tendrils

(RIYL: folk, country, Bry Webb, Zachary Lucky)

Matthew Fowler – Beginning

(RIYL: acoustic, folk, Damien Rice, Dan Mangan)

Matthew Lee Cothran – Failure

(RIYL: lo-fi, downer pop, Coma Cinema)

Monster Rally – Return To Paradise

(RIYL: tropical, exotic hip hop, chillwave)

Mouca/Cartouche – MN°5 (Compilation)

(RIYL: indie rock, dream pop,summer)

Nathan K. – Dishes

(RIYL: folk, joy, family, ‘grower’ albums)

Nick Everett & Everybody – Elsethings

(RIYL: experimental folk, weird folk, Canada)

Old Amica – The Burning Dot Part 2

(RIYL: electronic folk, experimental, slowcore)

Old Earth – Live on WMSE

(RIYL: experimental, rock, folk, live recordings)

Old Haunt – 空

(RIYL: ambient folk, Townes van Zandt, Tim Hecker)

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