| Satin Black in the Desert: Hanni El Khatib x Freddie Gibbs | January 16, 2015 |
Max Bell never gives up. The second season of True Detective has been cast. If only Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs had auditioned, if only they acted. Instead, both would rather reflect on 2Pac in the desert in ’95: fresh from Clinton Correctional, Mad Max leather fetish in full effect. Gibbs took the rhymes and […]
| Shades of Blues and Blakroc: Hanni El Khatib’s “Moonlight” | November 11, 2014 |
Max Bell is looking for a spoonful. Hanni El Khatib likes hip-hop. See his website for the pictures of Outkast and vintage Mac Dre album covers. For aural evidence, listen to his latest single, “Moonlight.” The title track of his next album — out via Innovative Leisure in January of 2015 –“Moonlight” sounds as if it […]
| Video: Hanni El Khatib – “Pay No Mind” | July 23, 2013 |
You say no to ratchet cheerleaders, Hanni El Khatib can’t. If Miley Cyrus can twerk, Hanni El Khatib has full license, nay endorsement, to wrangle a squad of video vixens. The director Simon Cahn said he wanted to go for the “opposite of rock and roll imagery.” I don’t know if I agree. The obverse […]
| Video: Hanni El Khatib – “Family” | March 1, 2013 |
You say no to videos with orgy-loving Asian motorcycle gangs, Hanni El Khatib can’t. There are no pretensions to the San Francisco-bred, LA-based rock and roller. You might think it is a preposterous gimmick to film a video with Spider, Snoopy and the rest of the crew. But if you know Hanni, this was an […]
| La Blogotheque: Hanni el Khatib, the Takeaway Sessions | October 17, 2011 |
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 […]
| Snaggle-Toothed Rascals | November 29, 2010 |
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 […]
| Wascals and Rascals | November 8, 2010 |
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 […]
| Hanni El Khatib – “Dead Wrong” Video | July 3, 2010 |
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.
| Co-Signed Hype: Hanni El Khatib | May 7, 2010 |
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 epic […]
| Passion of the Weiss Presents Part Deux: Freddie Gibbs, DaVinci, Pollyn, Hanni El Khatib | April 29, 2010 |
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, […]
