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One of the most anticipated performances of 2012 will be by the beguiling Los Angeles group Mazzy Star, which reformed last year and is on the verge of releasing its long awaited follow-up to 1996`s "Among My Swan." The duo of Hope Sandoval and David Roback (who now lives in Norway) have roots in Los Angeles music stretching back 30 years. The two formed Mazzy Star in the late 1980s and broke into the mainstream with "Fade Into You" in 1993, but had been completely silent until they released the fantastic return-to-form double-sided single "Common Burn" and "Lay Myself Down" in the fall of 2011. According to Sandoval in interviews, the group had never really broken up, but had merely taken a (long) break. This will be among the group`s first live performances in more than a decade and will also feature original members Keith Mitchell and Suki Ewers; the band began winding its way down the West Coast earlier this month, starting in Petaluma on April 6. The kings of rock (and licensing) Over the course of seven albums, the Akron, Ohio, duo the Black Keys has gradually — and with much elbow grease — become one of the best flat-out rock and/or roll bands in the country. The Keys are a solid, confident group that draws from Captain Beefheart and the Beatles with equal aplomb. Their newest album, "El Camino," entered the Billboard album charts at No. 1 and, perhaps more important from a commercial perspective in 2012, contains some of the most licensed-for-advertising music of the year. Live, the band expands to a full rock outfit, and the resulting pummel is as steady and relentless as it is catchy. |