band to watch | HANNI EL KHATIB

Never judge a artist or a band just by their name, never. Because otherwise you might miss a great opportunity to find something specia.

Same happened to me when I assumed that Hanni El Khatib has to be a World Music singer, which is entirely wrong. Hanni is a first generation American son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants and grew up in San Francisco raised on a cocktail of skateboarding, punk rock, and 1950s and 60s classic Americana.

This influences you can clearly hear in his songs that are a mix of Blues, Garage Rock and Doo-Wop somewhere between The Black Keys and Jack White. Or to say it with Hanni’s own words:

“These songs were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train. Knife fight music.”

Make sure to check out his great songs below and expect an ace debut album called Will the Guns Come Out, coming out  3^rd October 2011 via Innovative Leisure.

mp3 | Dead Wrong

mp3 | Loved One

mp3 | Build. Destroy. Rebuild.