Candi & the Strangers- at best, the Austin act’s name sounds like it belongs to a band that appears for a total of thirty seconds on the soundtrack to some '80s John Hughes knockoff teen comedy. Or, worse, like the title of a '70s porn flick. more ›

What’s the Deal: Head out to Pixel Pop on July 16th at the Mohawk and Candi and the Strangers will be just a small fraction of your evening’s entertainment along with music by The Happen-ins, The Bubbles and a DJ set by uLOVEi. All that music combined with art demos, a fashion show and wondercraft projects will likely have the combined effect of an artistic brain freeze as your cells sluggishly poke about fully fed on the evening’s activities. more ›

We hear quite of a bit of Doves influencing their sound, pared down just enough to firmly place the Mercers within the camp of sarcastic pop bands currently flashing chord progressions as juicy as their lyrics’ wit is dry. Austin seems to be an incubator for this "Wit Pop" (can we trademark that?) sound, hatching such masters of the style as Spoon and Okkervil River. more ›