Zee Avi performed at the Troubadour on 2/28, obvious facts: she’s small but somehow has this oozing voice which comes out with what seems like little effort at all, she’s from Malaysia and says los angeles with a soft “g”, her music has soul, bits of jazz, and playfulness (there were some leg kicks, tap steps, and at one point she was making a beat on a jug).  Her personality really comes out when she’s playing her guitar.  When I saw her interviews she always seemed so… mellow.  So, Reporters: quit asking her how she got discovered on youtube.  Ask her how she writes her songs/lyrics and then get to the music.  Memorable moments: the audience helping her tune her uke before playing Kantoi and for her encore performance she sang Morrissey’s First of the Gang to Die… frighteningly felt the words.