Tales of the Salty Bag

 What do you get when you mix Josh Martinez and Sleep together? A cross border juggernaut known as The Chicharones. There's nothing funny or clever about that question or answer, it's a fact. Josh Martinez and Sleep both spit clever tongue twisting raps that at times hang around the fringes of chopper territory. Melodic rapping leading into sing song deliveries. Somehow choppy and smooth simultaneously, they both hit the syllables hard. Their last release was 2012's Swine Flew which was a banger. The beats pulled from all over the musical spectrum including rock, new wave, electro, country, etc. There is a ton of humor on the album, but it wasn't all jokes. SunMay is absolutely heart wrenching. Even though they haven't put out an album in over a decade at this point, I believe they're still collaborating. J Mar moved from Vancouver down to Oregon and they're now selling edibles, or something like that.  Apparently Inessence (by Rubio) is a chip brand..appar...

 Uglies Kettle Chips. Jalapeno. Earthy but not overpowering the flavour. Slightly creamy seasoning, hint of sweetness and a nice natural jalapeno bite. Mid level heat, forehead's getting a bit damp, but not wet (maybe a 6/10). Lots of skins present, hence the earthy flavour. Seasoning to (bangin') chip ratio is pretty on point. Both the chips and seasoning taste relatively natural. And only 10% daily sodium per 50g, these are borderline health chips, haha (17% fat [10% saturated] per 50g). Uglies, you did it again.  The Raging Nathans consistently put out banging pop punk. This held true with their most recent album, Still Spitting Blood . Sometimes more '94 while other times late 80's/early 90's Lookout. There's some 80's hardcore energy present here and there. Melody and harmonies. Critical angry lyrics that can be a little dark but not bleak..typical 'pop punk' lyrical tropes are nowhere to be found. Intelligent pop punk. The Nathans did it again ...