Mazzy Star : C or D

Those three albums are pretty amazing, though - the third in particular gets nowhere near the love / respect it deserves.

third is my favourite

My favourite too.

They are a very good live act but the setting may have an impact. I saw them in a church in 1996, or thereabouts, and it was close to perfect.

I don't know if much has changed in the last fifteen years but Hope used to be a bit edgy when she sang live. She didn't seem to like interacting with a crowd and walked off stage in the middle of shows, on at least a couple of occasions, when people shouted stuff at her she took offence at.

All three albums are essential, but I can't imagine them being any good in a live setting like Coachella*. I saw Hope Sandoval a few years ago in an intimate, gorgeous theater, and even that setting felt too demanding for her.

(*not that I wouldn't try to see them there anyway if I had the chance)

And new album finally en route...

http://www.spin.com/articles/mazzy-star-california-stream-seasons-of-your-day

the b-side to that 7" from last year was pretty great!

oh it was a double A-side... "lay myself down" was the good one.

This track is soooooo good.

it's great how they do so much with so little. i need to figure out how they get that reverb.

cool stuff. was just listening to that hope sandoval solo record from ... wow, more than a decade ago? it is totally great.

RIP Keith Mitchell, the amazing drummer on all the Opal and Mazzy Star stuff:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-star-drummer-keith-mitchell-dead-w482297

Ah man, that's a shame. Truly the underrated factor in all that work.

:( RIP

damn, that is too bad — very cool player.

Aw, that's sad... RIP Mr. Mitchell, you made many great records!

I'd dare to say I like the first Warm Inventions record better than *any* Mazzy Star record. Not that I don't like Mazzy ...

― tylerw, Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:36 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

somehow i never listened to bavarian fruit bread before but man it is killer, certainly as good as any mazzy record imo

"suzanne"!!!!!

The hunter record she recently brought out is solid too

Everything she's ever done is good imo but nothing will top STTIMS for me.

yeah i may have been slightly exaggerating back in 2009, but whenever bavarian fruit bread comes on (it's a fave of my wife's) i'm struck by how good it is.

TBH i kinda feel that way about the second warm inventions record - through the devil softly - which gets more plays than any MS record around mine

caveat of course that i like mazzy star just fine but TTDS just hits the spot for me more consistently and deeply, it always feels a bit heretical when i tell friends tho'!

i saw the warm inventions tour that record and it was a really beautiful show (although i heard that some of the other dates on that tour were a bit troubled)

New single is lovely: https://youtu.be/WBbEVzgoEhA

oooh, new EP in June! so happy they're in the studio these days

You made my day

Mazzy Star are coming to Los Angeles:

February 26 & 27
The Cathedral Sanctuary at
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Presale:
Thu, 1/17 at 10am – Thu, 1/17 at 10pm
Password: CELEBRATE
Public On Sale: Fri, 1/18 at 10am

i think i need to go!

they're really good live!

I think I might need to go too!

BTW, Hope Sandoval is on a Bobby Gentry tribute album, singing "Big Boss Man" - In Praise Of: Bobbie Gentry, "The Delta Sweete"

So I went to the Oakland show and one of the LA shows, and they were pretty magical. Especially the LA show in a gorgeous old church. Listening to the after-show banter at a nearby bar, was amused to hear how many fans were aggrieved that the stage was unlit so they couldn't get any good pictures or even see Hope Sandoval. They had a big screen with these animated overlays that changed for each song that was great though. Some fans don't know they're born.

i forgot all about these shows, glad you had fun Hazel.

Hoping for the best

😢Yesterday I got bad news, diagnosed with breast cancer. Still processing the whole thing. Please send healing thoughts and pics of puppies, kittens, snakes, tardigrade, and space things. Thanks.

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RIP David Roback.

https://pitchfork.com/news/mazzy-stars-david-roback-dead-at-61

Damn

oh no, that is terrible news! one of my absolute favorites

RIP. Damn shame.

Shit.

I just listened through the Mazzy-catalogue just the other day. Love them.

RIP
such a great sound, and enduring I still run across new bands of people in their 20s that are clearly influenced by Mazzy Star

so much "dreampop" owes them a huge debt

Mazzy Star were EVERYTHING to me in the early 90s, and led me to the wonders of Opal too. I'm really shocked.

RIP

RIP. She Hangs Brightly is all-time.

some of the druggiest music ever made, it hangs in its own special hazy sweet spot and practically makes the walls drip when it's playing

(meant as high praise)

The guitar tone of "Ghost Highway".

This is horrible news. He meant a lot to the LA scene. RIP

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-02-25/david-roback-mazzy-star-dead

No way... This really sucks. Amazing sounds and moods.

Being quietly destroyed here by Still and Seasons of Your Day - inevitably I spent less time with them than the early records but there's no loss of magic.