THE NIXONS

by Matthew Regensburger

The Nixons
Mississippi Nights
August 30

The Nixons played to a fairly full house at Mississippi Nights on Saturday, Aug. 30. The post-grunge alternative quartet is touring the country in support of its second major label recording self-titled The Nixons. It was a decent show.

If you recall, almost two years ago The Nixons were one of the bands playing at Mirthday. They played a seven song set that day to too few people.

The crowd was made of up of the usual over 21 mix, and the under 21 crowd was made up of an unusually large percentage of teenage boys. The Nixons started out slowly but turned the heat on with radio hits "Wire" and "Baton Rouge." Lead singer Zac Maloy even played the trumpet for us. He was surprisingly decent. The band played an even mixture of tunes from Foma and also its latest CD. The encore included the mega-huge hit "Sister" and the "Happy Song."

Overall, the quality of the music was not up to the standards that had been set earlier in the week by Live, but it was entertaining. And that is what it is all about.