Released on: July 15, 2008, 3:24 pm

Press Release Author: Gorgeous PR

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: LOS ANGELES – Alternative-Latino group MEZKLAH will be
appearing at the Ford Amphitheatre as part of KPFK’s Clash of the Pochos - an event
that kicks off the station’s celebration of their 50th anniversary, Sunday, July
27th. The band will performing to benefit the radio station alongside famed Chicano
political theatre troupe, Culture Clash, who will be joined by “La Cucaracha”
cartoonist Lalo Alcatraz’s Pocho Hour of Power comic group. MEZKLAH will perform
with their recently-expanded lineup, a quartet with a live rhythm section; a new
track featuring the enhanced sound, “Bestia,” is currently receiving airplay on KPFK
as a promo for the upcoming event.

Press Release Body: MEZKLAH’s sound has been described as “a very intelligent
mixture of traditional Latin music, alternative rock, jungle, reggae, ska, dub, and
drum-and-bass,“ (Indie Music Stop) gaining them a reputation as “one of L.A.’s most
powerful and promising alt-Latino bands.” (Los Angeles Times) They have toured
internationally, hitting Latin America, Europe and Japan, playing to a crowd of
20,000 at Mexico City’s La Feria del Libro festival and delivering Memphis,
Tennessee’s first rock en español concert along the way. They have opened for
Ozomatli, Kinky, Maldita Vencidad and Antibalas – just to name a few - and gained a
fan in Ry Cooder, who personally approached the group to record a track for a future
compilation of different genres of Los Angeles music. Mezklah is currently recording
tracks for their new EP Bestia Zonika, the follow up to their acclaimed debut album
Spider Monkey.

MEZKLAH will be continuing their longstanding supportive relationship with KPFK at
the event, where they will be the only musical act performing. Tickets are on sale
for $35 and $25 per person.

SEE MEZKLAH PERFORM AT:

“Clash of the Pochos”
Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd East
Los Angeles, CA, 90068
Tickets: (323) 461-3673

www.mezklah.com

www.myspace.com/mezklah

www.kpfk.org


Web Site: http://www.myspace.com/mezklah

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