Josh Martinez and Sleep are the Chicharones

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Hometown: Vancouver BC
www.oldominion.net

Friday, March 18   1:00 a.m.
Zero Degrees   (405 E 7th St)

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  Josh Martinez and Sleep are the Chicharones - Alone
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The Chicharones are composed of Vancouver’s Josh Martinez and Sleep from Oldominion.With a heavy emphasis on melody and old fashioned solid songwriting, they have created incredibly cohesive works that feature strong lyrics, fluid storytelling and catchy hooks that’ll get stuck in your head like gum on shoes. Unlike most groups,they blend their vastly different skills together with ease, each pushing the other to raise the bar conceptually, musically and rhythmically.They’ve released a debut EP called Boss Hogs which has spread the word about these guys all over the place. In addition to having played over 500 shows together, in every major and most minor cities in North America, the Chicharones are attracting considerable attention in Europe, having inked a deal to release their full length with Bella Union/V2 in 2005. Featuring an extraordinary blend of party rap, brilliant melody, unstoppable hooks and a genuine hilarity found nowhere else, the Chicharones are only getting better. These guys are the Simon and Garfunkel of modern day rap music.