Take a crack at designing the artwork for The Chicharones free mixtape “Por Que? (Pork Eh?)“. The contest only lasts seven days so get to the link, submit, cast a vote and punch your dinner in the potatoes. The Chicharones are gearing up for the worldwide release of Swine Flew. But first they are releasing a free mixtape on Valentines Day 2012. The mix is jampacked full of beats from Jay-Z to Color Me Bad. This is a recording that only the Chicharones could get away with. We are excited to get your submissions and truly make you a part of the experience.
It’s that time of year again and The Chicharones are crushin’ Eggnog with no regards to reindeer life. This is the Camobear Christmas take on the NWA Classic, and it’s becoming a classic itself. Enjoy the video with your loved ones around the lit up tree, while your lit up uncle apologizes for past mistakes. Check back soon for more new news from The Chichi’s.Ho!Ho!Ho!
This song is from a brand new Chicharones album due out in Early 2012. Banker’s Bonanza was written in 2008 shortly after the financial meltdown started. It has remained a relevant song, but the recent #OccupyWallSt Movement has helped catapult this issue to the forefront of the world’s conscience.
Due to our economy, we thought it would only be natural to release this single for free, so download BANKERS BONANZA SONG or check out the Banker’s Bonanza video below!
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Congratulations to The Chicharones being chosen as the #1 act caught performing at PDX POP NOW this year, or as is stated “Haters gon’ hate, but this newly expanded live hip-hop band completely killed it, creating a sea of dancers out of the PDX Pop crowd. ” – Casey Jarman
read the full article here: HTTP://WWW.WWEEK.COM/PORTLAND/ARTICLE-17766-TOP_FIVE_ACTS_I_CAUGHT_AT_PDX_POP_NOW_.HTML
Look who’s getting some play on the festival market! The Chicharones have been chosen to perform Vancouver, BC’s massive music fest Olio this year. Get your tickets now Canada by visiting OLIOFESTIVAL.COM
After setting fire to the Blazer half-time show last week, The Chicharones are hitting up several cities in Idaho and Montana this April to rally-up the troops of the fried pork nation. There’s a new video and many exciting announcements to come. Check out the show schedule and full flier by clicking “more” below.
If you’re out of town and can’t make a show write your local show promoter an e-mail telling them your city needs Los Chicharones!
Portland-based group the Chicharones are gearing up for their 12th visit to SXSW, as well as the release of their new album, ‘Swine Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ due out this spring. Between touring, recording, running a record label and performing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Josh Martinez, one third of the Chicharones, found time to talk to Spinner.
Your biographies tend to describe the Chicharones as “underground hip-hop.” Is that a fair way to describe your sound?
We’re trying to change that description entirely because I don’t think that’s what we even do. We may have come from that scene, but I feel like the music that we make has more in common with a BECK album or a BLACK KEYS album. It’s so stupid in music because everything sounds like a hybrid of ten other things, and we’re exactly that. But I just don’t think anyone’s rearranged the pieces like we’ve rearranged them. I like to say underground pop because we’re stealing the stuff from pop music that we like, that we already listen to and are picking up on, but trying to use more subversive themes. There’s rap on it, but it’s not an indie rap album. I think it fits with GNARLS BARKLEY or theGORILLAZ. It’s genre-less. It steals and borrows from everything and sounds current.
How did your band form?
We met 11 years ago at our first SXSW. We’ve been to 11 straight now. It’s become a centerpiece of our year to spend time out there, and any new material we release as a group, we always try to bring it to a show at SXSW. This time, we’ve tried to add a Broadway appeal to our show by bringing a live band out and doing a magic show.
Tell us a little more about the magic show.
Both Sleep and DJ Zone are magicians. They both were in magic schools. At one time, DJ Zone was a traveling magician, all over the world. So, we incorporate various stage magic tricks that he picked up. Some illusions. Levitation. I don’t do shit. I’m the rube. I can’t give you too much more without giving too much away.
A magician cannot reveal his secrets.
And the rube can definitely not reveal the magician’s secrets because he will get his ass kicked, revealing tricks that he doesn’t know anything about.
Did Sleep and DJ Zone know each other before the Chicharones? Or is it just a weird coincidence that they both were magicians?
It’s a ridiculous coincidence. DJ Zone came into our lives two years ago. Me and Sleep are both 28. DJ Zone is a 22-year-old, so he’s this young kid. We met him two years ago when he shouldn’t have been in a club, and he was doing magic after being a DJ. He was showing card tricks. I was like, “That’s the DJ!” And Sleep just went over and grabbed him right away. With the Chicharones, he just proves to be such a good performer that he just kind of worked himself into being the third part of the band.
How did you name the band?
Chicharones are a deep-fried pork fat, and definitely spiced heavily. Sleep is from Farmington, New Mexico, and whenever we’re in the Southwest, we go and visit his family, and on numerous occasions had chicharones, and it just fit so well for the music we were making.
What are your musical influences?
I really like old rock and doo wop and Jamaican melody groups. Definitely anything that’s got four guys in it, like the Gladiators, the Mighty Diamonds, the Ethiopians, theBEACH BOYS. Anything with multi-group harmonies, I love. Also, I like raw old British three-chord rock. We’re an amalgam of all the different things we like.
What are your musical guilty pleasures?
The two JT’s: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and JAMES TAYLOR. I don’t know if it’s a guilty pleasure, I just think maybe some people think it’s a little syrupy. I just like whatever’s in my ear. There’s a GRIZZLY BEAR song out right now that sounds like it should be a guilty pleasure, but it’s just f—ing perfect.
Beatles or Stones?
BEATLES, and I would even go more specifically and say PAUL MCCARTNEY. I love rock ‘n’ roll, but I love melody more. Had it been between the WHO and the Beatles, I would’ve had a harder time. But I’m undoubtedly a Beatles fan.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve experienced on tour?
In France, my tour manager drank my DJ’s piss, thinking that it was Jack Daniels. [My DJ] couldn’t find the bathroom, because everything was written in French, and so he peed in an empty bottle. Then my tour manager wanted to impress us, so he took a shot of the JD before he was told there was piss in there. But I think that’s fairly common, the friend who drinks the piss of the other friend. I think most of us have had that happen.
What’s in your SXSW survival kit?
You need a solid backpack, so you can go out and pick up things that get tossed your way, like free beer and shirts. I mean, you don’t take the beer in the backpack, but you put the shirt in the backpack and drink the beer. Sunglasses, for sure, because then you can even put those on indoors when you’re looking crazy. I’m a big fan of earplugs. That’s just about the most important thing to have because you can sleep through just about anything. Also, certain shows are terribly loud and they’ll kick your ass if you’re going to music for six days in row. And bananas. Because if one thing is going to f—ing keep you going, it’s bananas. It’s got potassium, sugar. You’re good to go. You can forget to eat, you can have a lot to drink and [bananas] will help you out.
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Ariano Releases new video “Armor”. The second single off his upcoming singer/song writer Ep “Sad Songs Make Me Happy” out this summer on Camobear Records. “Armor” is a mid tempo song with a smooth break beat & guitar chopped up written & produced by Ariano. The song showcases Ariano’s production and writing while blending his melodic singing with […]
Rice and Bread Magazine just posted this in depth interview with Canadian/USA Superstar Josh Martinez, where he discusses everything from the new album Blotto, to how he got the name “The People’s Champ” check it out at Rice and Bread here – http://www.riceandbreadmagazine.com/west-coast-hip-hops-josh-martinez-you-cant-suck/
Brand new video from Josh Martinez for the single “Lay Down My Dogs” from his newest release Blotto. The song and video were produced by Sapient. Check it out!
Following the release of his new album “Eaters Vol. 2: Light Tiger” Sapient is hitting the road through the month of July with more dates in September. He will joined on the stage by AED and will have tour support from battle-rap monster and Sandpeople cohort Illmaculate.
Check out the new mini documentary by Ariano as he discusses his new single & video “Armor” that will be out on July 15th. The 2nd single from his forthcoming EP “Sad Songs Make Me Happy” releasing this summer on Camobear Records.
Camobear is proud to announce that we will be releasing singer/songwriter EP Sad Songs Make Me Happy by Los Angeles based artist Ariano. The first single “When You Can’t Come Home” is an acoustic song written by Ariano with long time collaborator DJ Lobsta of Technicali Sound. The song showcases Ariano’s song writing and soulful singing […]
After all of the hard work, and being overlooked for some time we are really happy to announce that Camobear Records has 3 albums being nominated for this years BreakOut West Western Canadian Music Awards. Including Rap/HipHop Recordings of the year for Josh Martinez – BLOTTO and EVIL EBENEZER – HOWL we also landed a […]
