Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, 'Through the Devil Softly' (Nettwerk)
Ex–Mazzy Star siren throws slumber party.
By Spencer Kornhaber 09.15.09 2:12 PM
"Is that the Devil in your eye?" It seems like a pressing question, but as Hope Sandoval asks it on "Blue Bird," she doesn't seem much interested in the answer. On her second solo effort, the Mazzy Star chanteuse waxes sleepy and resigned over 11 blue-tinted torch songs.
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Q&A: Massive Attack
Daddy G talks about his band's star-studded 2010 album. Plus: Hear a track from their new EP!
By Peter Gaston 09.08.09 1:57 PM
Bass rumbles in the background of Massive Attack MC Daddy G's mobile phone, and the gentle coo of frequent collaborator and reggae legend Horace Andy is barely audible over the din. "I'm looking at [Andy] as you're talking," Daddy G says excitedly, yelling over the noise.
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Free Download: Mazzy Star Singer's Eerie New Tune
Hope Sandoval preps her first album in eight years with the Warm Inventions, a band also featuring a member of My Bloody Valentine.
By William Goodman 07.08.09 2:45 PM
After an eight-year absence, former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval is back with Through The Devil Softly, her second album with the Warm Inventions, a band she formed in 2001 with My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. If you liked Mazzy Star, you'll love the album's first single "Blanchard" -- download it below.
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