Oct
17

La Blogotheque: Hanni el Khatib, the Takeaway Sessions

Hanni El Khatib | Dead Wrong | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo. No need to reiterate the raison d’ etre of the Takeaway Sessions. The intent is obvious from watching these videos. Hanni el Khatib, whose Will the Guns Come out dropped two weeks ago, sojourns to the land of Sarkozy… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Snaggle-Toothed Rascals

The inevitable Aesop Rock and Hanni El Khatib collaboration may not have elicited Distant Relatives-type anticipation among the masses, but in cloistered quarters of Los Feliz where the weed flows like wine, it ranked among up there with the time the Jetsons met the Flintstones. The explanation is easy. Khatib bashes at his guitar with… Continue reading »

Nov
08

Wascals and Rascals

Wilcox Sessions – Hanni El Khatib (You Rascal You) from Wilcox Sessions on Vimeo. Humor the link to the outside writing. Hanni El Khatib is legitimate enough to warrant the double jeopardy. I’ve been riding for the garage-punk blues-inflected skateboarder since before his first hyphenate — or at least since April. A long enough period… Continue reading »

Jul
03

Hanni El Khatib – “Dead Wrong” Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSxLKJxDy0 The video for Hanni El Khatib’s Innovative Leisure single, complete with grainy black and white Greasers, cigarette smoking, guitars, slow dancing, and gorgeous shots of Eisenhower-era San Francisco. Malt shop music for those who drink them spiked with bourbon.

May
07

Co-Signed Hype: Hanni El Khatib

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld0Ia3iWuhs There is some show on Saturday night at Spaceland. Hanni El Khatib goes on at 10 p.m. The headliner is a man named Freddie Gibbs. In case you were wondering, he is the fourth Bee Gee.  The endorsements of Aesop Rock and Jamie Strong (Stone Throw’s “Minister of Information” and the man behind the… Continue reading »

Apr
29

Passion of the Weiss Presents Part Deux: Freddie Gibbs, DaVinci, Pollyn, Hanni El Khatib

Like Topper Harley forced out of his Buddhist hermitage to save a squadron of Iraqi hostages,  Passion of the Weiss Presents Part Deux is going down next Saturday, May 8th at Spaceland. Expect Freddie Gibbs and DaVinci to supply me with the requisite ammunition, performance-enhancing drugs, and unsavory women to complete the mission. After all,… Continue reading »