About

Welcome to Space City Rock. We’re a happy little e-zine that covers music, movies, comics, weirdness, and whatever the heck else we feel like (okay, yeah, it’s mostly music, but the rest pops in occasionally). We listen to pretty much anything and everything, from the utterly mainstream (hell, we’ve even run a Madonna review) to the intensely obscure (anybody remember The Vehicle Birth?), with somewhat of a focus on the indie side of the spectrum. We like punk, we like indie-rock, we like hip-hop, we like metal, we like country (well, some of it, anyway) — we like pretty much all of it, in some form or another. We generally run reviews of CDs, LPs, 7-inches, DVDs, movies still in the theaters, and live shows, as well as interviews with various folks and the occasional glimpse of non-musical/movie things like books or magazines.

For the locals, yep, we also happen to focus somewhat on the Houston music scene. One of our primary goals since we started this thing has been to bring H-town music up to the same level as indie or major-label music from elsewhere, so we try to spend about half our time writing about or interviewing local bands, musicians, and scenesters of all stripes. There’s also the ever-loved shows list, plus links and info about local bands we like, venues, record labels, zines/magazines/e-zines, and recording studios.

We’ve been doing this for quite a while now, by the way — the original site started out way back in 1995 as just a list of links to different bands & clubs around town, turned into a print zine in 1999, and turned back into an online-only e-zine thing in 2002. We used to have our full history up here but took it down for the sake of brevity; if anybody’s really (weirdly) curious, email us, and we’ll send it to you.

Our talented writers are scattered all over the country/globe, but most are either H-town dwellers or expats who still think fondly of Helltown, USA. Our doors are open to everybody, naturally, so aspiring writers/reviewers who’d like to join our all-volunteer staff (sorry, but we’re not in this to make money, at least not at this point) should contact us at the email below. We’ve got folks from all walks of life; as long as the writing’s good, we’re open to it. Check the Credits, below, to see our current — and past — rosters of writers (and click on the linked names for more info about each of ’em, if you feel like it).

In terms of publishing, we moved in the early spring of 2006 to a more “traditional” publishing schedule from the issue-based deal we used to try to do. These days, we put up ten or twelve new reviews every few weeks, and a new interview or two every month, as we get ’em. And yes, we do run ads — see the bottom of this page for more details on that. Enjoy…

AWARDS & PRAISE:

Believe it or not, we’ve won a couple of awards over the years:

• Best Local Music Blog, 2010 Houston Press Best of Houston awards
• First prize, “Informational” category, Writer’s Digest 2002 Zine Awards
• Space City Webby, Around Houston site (now defunct, 2000)

CONTACT US:

If you want to send Space City Rock stuff to review (CDs, DVDs, records, books, the works), correspondence, free stickers, other zines/magazines, or whatever the hell else you want, send it here:

SPACE CITY ROCK
P.O. Box 541010
Houston, TX. 77254
“gaijin” at “spacecityrock dot com” (sorry; trying to avoid the spambots)

One minor peeve, though: please don’t bother sending us a “sampler” of your upcoming CD/EP/magnum opus and expect us to review it. We’ll gladly listen to the real thing, and demos are fine, as long as they’re actual “full” releases (and yes, a ZIP file of MP3s counts as a “release” these days; it’s the 20-teens, after all). I mean, c’mon — you wouldn’t send the first 50 pages of a book you’ve written to the NY Times Review of Books and expect them to review it, would you?

MANAGING STAFF:

Publishers: Jeremy Hart // Marc Hirsh // Mel House

Editor-in-Chief: Jeremy Hart

Submissions Editor: Creg Lovett

WRITERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS:

• Aaron Brown
• Adam Woodyard
• Alex Li
• Alex Ross
• Alicia Crowder
• Ana Pacheco
• Andrew Perkins
• Anish Masharani
• Anne Lai
• Anneli Chambliss
• Annie Lin
• Becky Dorsett
• Bill Reed
• Matt Horvath
• Bob Wall
• Brandon Hernsberger
• Brian Galloway
• Brigitte Zabak
• Byron Miller
• Charlie Ebersbaker
• Chris Galis
• Chris Murcko
• Chris Reed
• Chris Ritter
• Christian Kidd
• Christie Malvin
• Conor Prischmann
• Creg Lovett
• Damon Murrah
• Daniel Joseph Mee
• Daniel Yuan
• David (Kommando Poet) Yammer
• David A. Cobb
• David Hanrahan
• Delia Ismail
• Doug Dillaman
• Dremaceo Giles
• Dwayne Cathey
• Evan Malone
• Gina Miller
• Gos
• Henry Mayer
• Jamie Teague
• Jason Smith
• Jef Rouner
• Jeremy Hart
• Jessica Garcia
• Jessica Golden
• Jessica Hildebrandt
• Jessica Standefer
• Jesus Acevedo
• Jill Krasny
• Jonathan Kanick
• Jonathan Updegrove
• Josh Macala
• Joshua Starnes
• Jowell Lydon
• Judy Lyle
• Justin Bradley
• Justin Crane
• Karen Hebert
• Katherine Dilger
• Kimberly Mora
• Krista Kesseler
• Krystal Schroeder
• Leslie Garcia
• Levi Rieken
• Liesl Klinkerman
• Manfred Hundhammer
• Marc Hirsh
• Marianne Do
• Marshall Armintor
• Marshall Forse Walker
• Marshall Preddy
• Max Mueller
• Mel House
• Michelle Yom
• Nathan Allen
• Nick Cooper
• Nick Hall
• Niki Onecic
• Patrick Graham
• Peter Lawrence
• Preston Payne
• Quinn Alexander
• Rafael Rivas
• Rich Bailey
• Rob Fiasco
• Robert Brkovich
• Robin Babb
• Rock Houston
• Ruben Dominguez
• Russell Swensen
• Ryan Sealy
• Samuel Barker
• Savie Maneen
• Scott Petty
• Scott Whitt
• SCR
• Shawn Rameshwar
• Simon Holcroft
• Spencer Flanagan
• Stephen Conley
• Steven O'Sullivan
• Teri Sue Bailey
• Thomas McLuhan
• Tracy Lyall
• Valeska Sanchez
• Veronica Ramos
• Wes Buhler
• William Cloninger