Mazzy Star

Pretentious, precious, and pouty-lipped, Hope Sandoval was the perfect vehicle for Mazzy Star's neo-psychedelic downer music. She sings like she could barely bother, an attitude that is a perfect fit for "Fade Into You," the band's 1994 minimalist near hit. Sounding a bit like a sad German ingenue -- a sweeter-voiced Marlene Dietrich -- she creates an almost perfect piece of pop melancholy with th...