It is painfully clear that a crackly Skype call is as close, literally and figuratively, as I’m going to get to Mazzy Star. Separated by thousands of miles, three computers, and a thick wall of ...

“Stood in front row, cried during ‘Into Dust’, and witnessed Hope Sandoval be her perfect self. Mazzy Star, thank you for tonight.” – Janet Jackson “I’m not too manly to say that I cried at the Mazzy ...

It’s been 16 years between Mazzy Star albums – not as long a break as it may seem, given the band’s slow metabolism. “I can’t be the same thing to you now,” Hope Sandoval sang in the opening song of ...

“I think I’m going back to California,” Hope Sandoval sings on “California,” the first advance track from Mazzy Star’s first new album since 1996’s Among My Swan. Her halting delivery suggests it’ll ...