Shitty day was recompensated by the sweet sweet, but waaay-too-short Thievery Corp[oration] gig @ Axis. I thought the gig would last the whole night, so I went in late with Yao. Too bad it lasted only just over an hour. My amateur review:

Fantastic live. TC had their full crew: aside from Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, they had two vocalists, their MCs Roots and Zee, percussionists, guitar and sitar players. The visuals playing in the background was lush and globally sourced just like TC's music, showing everthing from 80's ghettos, historical portrait engravings, ancient mosques, masked gherilla fighters, Gurus doing yoga, fighter jets, space travel and naturally, a snippet of their music videos.

The music: mostly from their new album Richest Man in Babylon, twisted to show off the MCs' old skool Studio One raggae style. They also played some of my favourites - Coming from the Top for one [total firestarter], plus some old tunes that I didn't know, like 38.45 and Focus on Sight.

The crowd: on the older side for some reason - are college kids too "in" for chillout? Most people weren't dancing but merely bopping their heads, apart from this short dude in front of us who was dancing all over the place as if he's at a jungle / d'n'b gig. Which was mighty convenient cos it made breathing + viewing space for us. At the end of the gig, MC Roots & Zee were pulling ppl in front onto the stage, and it made a music-video-perfect party scene.

A totally irrelevant sidenote: Eric Hilton looks like my video prof, Joe Gibbons, from a distance - the skinny mature-looking dark-haired White Male.