Hanni El Khatib plays bluesy garage rock with a lot of soul and a little folk for Highland Park’s Innovative Leisure label. He destroys live with only an electric guitar and drums played by his best friend from high school. From Café Tropical in Silver Lake, he speaks about preferring amps to humans, a memorable mushroom experience in the snow and his various encounters with strippers. He celebrates the release of his debut LP at the Echo tonight. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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L.A. RECORD cover boy Hanni El Khatib plays with the veracity of a kid in his first garage band but with the skill and charisma that clearly comes after years of experience. It’s just him on guitar and singing, with Nick Fleming-Yaryan on drums—raw, but it goes down easy, like aural Jameson.

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*All You Can Hear For $19.99* Performers: Mitchell Brown Daedelus howardAmb LA Fog Lucky Dragons Nilbog Stephen / Steven (Brendan Fowler) Date: *Thursday, December 17, 2009* Time: *Doors open at 8:00 PM* Place: The Mountain 475 Gin Ling Way Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 625-7500 Show info: *323/960-5723 / www.sassas.org* Admission: *Tickets: $19.99; $14.99 SASSAS [...]

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Quick list of all last week’s previews, reviews, interviews and MP3s!

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