  The choice of statistics for a quantum particle is almost always a discrete
one: either bosonic or fermionic. Anyons are the exceptional case for which the
statistics can take a range of intermediate values. Holography provides an
opportunity to address the question of how the behavior of interacting anyons
depends on the choice of statistics. In this paper, we analyze the spectrum of
a strongly coupled, gapless fluid of anyons described holographically by the
D3-D7' model with alternative boundary conditions. We investigate how these
alternative boundary conditions impact the instability of the gapless
homogeneous phase toward the formation of spatial order. In addition, we also
show that for a particular, limiting choice of the alternative boundary
conditions, this holographic system can be interpreted as describing strongly
coupled (2+1)-dimensional QED. In this case, the instability leads to a
spontaneous, spatially modulated magnetic field.
