Marcy Playground

There are many good candidates for decade-defining anthems from the ’90s. And like so many others, Marcy Playground’s “Sex And Candy” was a casually downtrodden alt-rock ballad that climbed up the charts despite (or because of) its bleary-eyed sexual imagery and jaded juxtapositions, like “There she was, like disco super fly … Mama this surely is a dream.” While the band faced the sophomore curse later in its career, that one song has had enough staying power to merit touring, a solid 2009 album in Leaving Wonderland... In A Fit Of Rage—that spawned a largely inconsequential remix album, Indaba Remixes From Wonderland—and no doubt plenty of ’90s nostalgia to impart.

Updated 12/20/2010