Author: Russ
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Album Review: “Wizard Rock” by Pottörhead
January brought us a new year, and with it a new release from a brand new band – Germany’s Pottörhead dropped their debut album “Wizard Rock” on us all just a few days into 2018. When we happened to stumble across one of their introductory videos on Twitter, we knew that we had to get…
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Review: Shauna Carrick “Songs from Hogwarts” EP
Ireland has long been a welcoming home to fantastic wizard rock (hello, Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons!) and they’ve gifted us with another amazingly talented musician – Shauna Carrick. Shauna recently released her first EP on Bandcamp, “Songs from Hogwarts” in November, and it’s comprised of 5 quick but fun tunes that will be…
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Review: americanquidditch demos
This Name Your Price wizard rock EP comes to us from Cincinnati, Ohio’s This Is My Nightmare (seriously, there’s a lot of wizard rock in Ohio). The project appears to be a solo act, with all of the songs (along with their other non-wrock releases) being just a single voice and acoustic guitar. Fans of…
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State of the Pedia Part II (in 3D) – Hosting the Pedia
Back over the summer, our senior writer Laura shared a quick editorial on the state of the Wizrocklopedia, our history with the site, and what things looked like moving forward due to staffing levels and schedules. Today we needed to come to you with another update on the Wizrocklopedia’s status, and we hope that you…
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New Music Review: Calling Back Kelly “The One With The Little Wizard Boy”
Editor’s Note: Content on the ‘pedia has been a bit light this year due to staffer schedules and responsibilities, however that certainly doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been any news or releases on the wizard rock front! In fact, this year has seen a number of album and EP releases from bands new and old,…
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Buy Wizard Rock, Help Support the ACLU!
Tomorrow, Bandcamp (home of countless wizard rock albums) will be donating 100% of their proceeds to the ACLU. Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and to be honest, with all that’s been going on here in the US we wouldn’t blame you if you were) you understand just how important the ACLU is going…
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Unexpected Wrock – Grimgotts “Extenditus Playus” EP
On one of my usual excursions through Bandcamp to find wizard rock releases I may have missed out on, I stumbled upon Grimgotts. I immediately cottoned on to their name, and seeing that they also were tagged “power metal” and “epic metal”, my interest needle spiked up into the red. I’ve been a power metal…
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Announcing the Wizrocklopedia Music Archive
One ongoing topic within the wizard rock community the past few years has revolved around older music, and its lack of availability. With MySpace fading away, and changes they made a few years back to wipe out a lot of features and available music, it’s been tougher to (legally) find older music from bands that…
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Madam Pince & Swish and Flick Team Up For “HufflePride”
Madam Prince and the Librarians recently teamed up with Swish from Swish and Flick for the scorching track “HufflePride”, and you can see their all-new video below. WARNING: You’ll want to turn the speakers down if you’re listening to this one at work due to NSFW lyrics! The track can also be downloaded free of charge…
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The Mudbloods “Time Turner EP” – A Review
There are some albums that come across your life that leave an indelible mark on you, and you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you heard them. For this writer, when it comes to wizard rock, I remember exactly what I was doing the first time I heard…