Pictured is the lead vocalist of The White Tie Affair, Chris Wallace and myself. He was a nice dude and he was very happy to mingle with the fans and pose for pictures outside of the Blue Note after the show.The evening before, I was disappointed to learn that Forever the Sickest Kids were canceling their show, because they were sick. I was expecting also to see The Audition, but they did not perform, nor did anyone at the show know why. Thankfully, The White Tie affair still decided to play. We arrived in time to catch Kelsey and the Chaos's set. Kelsey, the vocalist, didn't seem to fit into that kind of Haley Williams sprite-punk look but she did give a good effort at working the crowd. One had to feel bad for her, as there was not a crowd at all and those present were motionless. While backed by some talent, overall there just wasn't much there. Her vocals were largely hard to understand and she sounded strained.
She also made a poor choice in wardrobe, during most of their set I feared for the fate of her chest in her ill-fitting frock. It was quite distracting to me as I felt bad for her. Doesn't she know that lead vocalist has gotta wear something you can thrash around and jump in? Maybe next time she should just stick to the standard v-neck tee and skinny jeans?
While Kelsey was pushing the interaction with the kids, the rest of her band was largely existing in their own world, not even bothering to look up from whatever they happened to be playing. I believe that they have a little work to do if they plan on jumping on the Vans' Warped Tour, as their myspace states they will be doing.
As for The White Tie Affair, their energy filled the mostly empty venue. While they did play most of the songs off their only record Walk this Way, they also tackled some covers such as Lady Gaga's "Just Dance." I felt that the set was a bit short and they miss
ed some of their better songs. They really put on a show and they still made the crowd feel like they wanted to be there, even though there were not many fans. Their overall sound was much improved from Kelsey. One small detail that I noticed was that keyboardist Ryan McClain had a swivel stand for his keyboard that gave him a little more dancing mobility.
Pictured is Kelsey and the Chaos, a five piece from New York.
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