Other artists have embraced this all-encompassing approach from the onset of their careers.

In recent years, indie and all its subgenres contained therein has produced worthy additions to this solitary canon.

  1. and Heatseekers (No.

One man band

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The result was a critically adored, electro-pop wonder whose credit belongs entirely to the woman who made it.

(Revelationscame out on Mom + Pop Records; he’s self-released five of his seven studio albums.)