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PRESS QUOTES

“Top 11 Artists to Watch in 2011... Speaking of The Black Keys, Hanni El Khatib is the next garage-rock sensation on the verge.” - BOSTON GLOBE

“I cannot wait for Will The Guns Come Out—this is going to be one of the best records of 2011, guaranteed.”
- L.A. RECORD

“Hard to believe that only one man can pack this much heat.” - NYLON

“Hanni El-Khatib is one of the most talented acts in L.A. right now, a one-man band, singing, songwriting, and producing all on his own and synthesizing 50s and 60s garage rock, soul, blues, and even a bit of folk... and brings with him the rawness of Phil Spector, Jack White, the Shangri-Las, and the Black Keys.” - LA WEEKLY

"L.A.’s Hanni El Khatib proved there’s plenty of life left in the guitar/drums duo gimmick. Especially when it’s attacked with abundant garage punk swagger.” - BOSTON HERALD

“Hanni El Khatib's sound is a blistering barrage that you'd expect from a former San Francisco skate punk, recently transplanted to LA. Perhaps the closest comparison is to a "De Stijl"-era Jack White, if he had claimed lineage from the Stax catalog instead of Son House.” - LA TIMES

BIO

The son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants (and the first American in his family), Hanni El Khatib grew up in San Francisco and was obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 1950s and 60s. Influenced by pioneers of early Rock and R&B, the multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by drummer Nicky Fleming-Yaryan) mixing a unique sound of ‘50/’60s blues, soul, garage rock & doo whop. Or in Hanni’s words “these songs were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train. Knife fight music.” With his sinewy guitar and wry, whiskey-glazed voice, Hanni El Khatib creates malt shop music for those who drink them spiked with bourbon.

Hanni El Khatib professes to a love for well-crafted objects: classsic cars, cans pomade and stiletto switchblades. This craftsmanship carries over into his music, where El Khatib is inspired and informed by the specificity of a guitar tone or the fuzziness of an amp sound. His background in DIY and skate culture manifests as a desire to “keep mistakes in” and make things “as raw as possible.” Merging primitive rock sounds with punk aesthetics, El Khatib toes lines between all genres and ends up firmly in his own. Debut record will drop June 2011 on Innovative Leisure Records.

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