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Guardian Music — The Stone Roses and Steps return to the fray, while Westlife and the Streets call it a dayThis week's comings and goingsStone Roses reunion: comeback gigs confirmedWestlife to split after 14 yearsThe Streets announce farewell concertsSteps stomp to N... more info

KEXP Seattle — Brooklyn three-piece band Widowspeak play delicate and often desolate indie pop highlighted by front woman Molly Hamilton’s airy vocals that have drawn favorable comparisons to Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval. Originally from Tacoma, Hamilton and drum... more info

Guardian Music — Hope Sandoval and David Roback of 90s indie band return with two new songs for Halloween – and the promise of a new albumMazzy Star will return with a new single, their first release since 1996. Hope Sandoval and David Roback have reunited with two... more info

411 Mania — This week's MBML has news on Mazzy Star and Crystal Stilts. Also check out new Artist To Keep Your Eyes On, The Chambermaids. And as usual, there are my latest recommended listening picks featuring albums dropping this week and some that you may ha... more info

ContactMusic — Influential 1990s folk-pop band Mazzy Star are set to release their first new track since their acclaimed 1996 album Among My Swan The Californian group fronted by Hope Sandoval has been on hiatus since the late 1990s but a new single Common Burn wil... more info

NME — The dream-pop band are putting out a brand new double sided single later this month more info

Stereogum — Iconic ’90s outfit Mazzy Star is set to return later this month, releasing two singles on 10/31. Hear previews of those singles, “Common Burn” and “Lay Myself Down” via their Amazon pages. While singer Hope Sandoval has remained active with... more info

Chorus.fm — *Mazzy Star (http://www.hopesandoval.com/music/mazzystar.shtml)* are back with a new single "Common Burns," which will be out on October 31st. You can preview a bit of it here (http://www.amazon.com/Common-Burn-Single/dp/B005R94TZ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While uses of songs I like in commercials can sometimes make me want to puke, I admittedly have been dusting of my Mazzy Star albums a bunch lately thanks to that commercial for the "Dust to Dust" video game... more info