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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 9, has a secret duel, a trapdoor, and a three-headed dog! Featured bands include: the Sweetwater All Stars, the Parselmouths, Eyes Like Mine, Slytherin Soundtrack, the Draco and the Malfoys, Defense Against the Dark Marks, The Basilisk In Your Pasta, Ollivander, and Harry and the Potters! Did I miss anything? Comment below and check…
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Creevey Tuesdays: The Whomping Willows
This week’s Creevey Tuesday celebrates a marvelous tree/band: The Whomping Willows! Though the Whomping Willows officially “retired” a few years back, we in wizard rock know that retirement rarely lasts long. Matt recently finished a fundraising campaign for a new Whomping Willows album that will both re-record all favorites with full band energy as well…
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 1!
Welcome, fellow wizard rock nerds, to the Wizard Rock Six Month Report™ for July to December, 2020! Twice a year, I compile this chronological list and review-in-brief of all the awesome wizard rock music that has been released or rereleased in the past six months of the year. And hopping hippogriffs, what a six months…
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The Wrock Wreview: Even Deatheaters Need Love
The Band We’re rolling into another rerelease today with Even Deatheaters Need Love (with bonus tracks) by Bella and the Deatheaters! Originally released on August 17, 2007, the rerelease occurred on November 20, 2020. This album, originally released as an EP, now includes four early singles by the band that never ended up on an…
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Archive Releases BONUS! The Witching Hour
Well, hello, everyone! We here at the Wizrocklopedia weren’t planning on having an Archive Release this week, but events conspired against us! Over the past few months, I’ve been in contact with Sara from the beloved and missed wizard rock radio show the Witching Hour. Well. She just sent me an email announcing that the…
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Into the Pensieve: Evil Day 2007
This month, we are going WAY back to December 8, 2007, to revisit Evil Day. This date is very significant to me in many ways. It was my first Wizard Rock show as a fan, it was the first NYC HP Meet-Up Group event (TGTSNBN) I’d ever attended, and it was my first in-person experience…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Scott and Kirsten Vaughan of The Blibbering Humdingers
Wizard rock is a fun genre, and logically many of its bands are quite funny, too. But when it comes to cleverness and humor, The Blibbering Humdingers may very well be in a category all of their own. Comprising Scott & Kirsten Vaughan, the band places heavy emphasis on the quality of their lyrics, which…
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Ashley Trix on writing songs
If you’ve been following our Kwikspell series on creating and want another perspective, Ashley Hamel of Ashley Trix and the Wzrds put together a 3 video series of her song-writing process. Check out the first one here and visit her YouTube channel for the rest!
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Creevey Tuesdays: The Sugar Quills!
I’ve got two photos for you today, and these photos are from way back in 2007. They’re of a band you might not have heard of: The Sugar Quills! I took these photos at a show in Philadelphia in 2007. You can find at least one video of The Sugar Quills at this performance as…
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Kwikspell #5: Virtual Performances
As I was watching the Fountaindale Public Library’s wonderful Yule Ball at Home last night, I was inspired to write this month’s Kwikspell column! Both Tonks and the Aurors and Ashley Trix and the WZRDs performed, and their sets were so wonderful and different. I really felt like they represented some of the best parts…