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December 5, 1996

MAZZY STAR

Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
Dec. 4, 1996

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So Tonight That I Might See

Mazzy Star's spacey fusion of old blues, creepy psychedelia and down-and-out country & western could've proved as unpleasant as the combined effects of cheap whiskey, magic-mushroom tea and black coffee. But the West Coast duo neutralized the weird mix into cool, laid-back ballads for their highly...

1993 RS: 2of 5 Stars

She Hangs Brightly

1990

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Biography

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...

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