Author: Russ
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Question Tuesday!
There have been a number of wizard rock bands covering the music of other wrock bands they’re fans of. In fact there have been entire “tribute albums” dedicated to wrock bands, with some of their fellow wizard rockers covering their songs, often for charity. There’ve been a few really great takes and twists on some…
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Flashback Friday – The Curse Breakers
For this week’s Flashback Friday, let’s all give a listen to Jessie and The Curse Breakers! The Curse Breakers only released one EP, which also came with a homemade bookmark and a Hufflepuff bracelet (or at least it did when I bought my copy, anyways). While Jessie is no longer making wizard rock music, she…
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Question Tuesday
OK, we’re back this week with Question Tuesday on it’s correct day! Wizard rock has provided us with a number of great collaborations between wrockers. Matt Maggiacomo’s worked with Lauren Fairweather, Riddle TM, Voldemark, and others on many Whomping Willows songs, Gred and Forge has one of the absolute funniest collaborations with Justin Finch-Fletchley in…
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Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news! General Happy Bandiversary to Harry and the Potters who are celebrating 11 years together as a band! They’re celebrating by touring – that’s a pretty darn good way to celebrate 11 years of awesome music. Oh, and spawning…
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Flashback Friday – Hollow Godric
Here’s an incredibly old, but no less incredibly awesome, video of one of the rare Hollow Godric live performances. “Autumn Note” will forever be one of my absolute favorite wizard rock songs, and Brandon Blair one of my favorite wizard rock musicians. Hollow Godric’s two albums can still be purchased via their Bandcamp page, and…
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Question… Wednesday?
Oops! We got so wrapped up with posting our MySpace editorial followup yesterday that we forgot to post our weekly question! Over the years, the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club brought us some fantastic releases – from the Mudbloods EP, Big Whompy, Gred and Forge, Dumbledore, and more. We always talk about how…
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MySpace Responds To Our Article, Then Promptly Deletes Blogs
Back in May, we published an editorial regarding MySpace’s relaunch, and what that could mean to old wizard rock songs that only exist on a defunct band’s MySpace page. A number of articles were linked to, supporting our concerns that older information might be deleted, and a healthy discussion took place in the comments section…
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Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news! General The Wizrocklopedia now has a brand new, fully functional calendar! You can access it right from our front page, where the 5 soonest upcoming shows will be displayed. If you have any shows coming up, please contact…
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Flashback Friday – Ginny and the Heartbreakers
For this week’s Flashback Friday, here’s Ginny and the Heartbreakers at Wrockstock ’08, performing with a few special guests. Although the band called it quits some time back, their EP “Love Storm” is available as a free download on their Bandcamp page. If you don’t own it, go grab a copy and enjoy!
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Question Tuesday!
With summer approaching, the number of tours and wizard rock shows shoots through the roof for a few months. With that in mind, here’s this week’s question: What would be your ultimate wizard rock tour lineup? Let’s keep it between 3-5 bands tops, as we’re talking a DIY wrock tour, not Lollapalooza! So let’s hear…