Archive for Sub Pop

The 20 Best ’90s American Grunge Bands of All Time

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12/20/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Disagree if you dare.

1. Nirvana

2. Melvins

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La Luz’s ‘Extra! Extra!’ EP: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 11/26/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Are we hearing what La Luz did on News of the Universe, or is the band — which has parted ways with five members over the course of the same number of records — pulling a forced perspective trick here? We’re pretty sure it’s the latter. Read my review of La Luz’s Extra! Extra! EP on Treble.

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Sub Pop Partner Share It Music Puts Artists Over Profits—And Wins

Posted in Features with tags , , , on 07/04/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

As humble a music industry executive if there ever was one, the eminently genteel and likable Sharratt cut the ribbon on his project in February 2018 after interning at Sub Pop to cultivate his skills in the music biz. Seven years later, Share It Music barged into 2025 with prized full-lengths by the Unfit and Cumulus. Read my feature story on the admirable nonprofit courtesy of Music Connection.

Share It Music Revels in Community Building, Not Profits

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METZ’s ‘Up on Gravity Hill’: Two Cent Review

Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 05/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

The Toronto noise-punks’ fifth LP sees their familiarly angular guitars working through melodies that range from ear-sweetening to atonal, furthering the mystery that is the Sub Pop band METZ. Read more on FLOOD.

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