Category: Columns
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The Wrock Wreview: Unicorn Blood
The Album Album cover designed by Stacy Sunsleeper Unicorn Blood, a six song EP by Josh Slunk, was released on August 1, 2020. As of writing this review, Josh has thirty EPs on his bandcamp page and twenty-nine of those came out in 2020. Talk about prolific! This incredible artist specializes in metal instrumental music,…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 13, has chocolate frog cards saving the day and Snape refereeing a Quidditch match! Featured bands include: The Sorting Hat, Ollivander, Sam, RiddleTM, and The Bandon Banshees Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out the ongoing feed on Wrock the Reread! Harry finds it hard to forget the image of his parents. Quidditch…
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The Wrock Wreview: I Ate My Frog (Again)
The Album Happy Saturday y’all! Let’s fly across the pond today to visit France! This EP by French wrock band The Basilisk in Your Pasta was originally released as part of the 2008 Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club on November 1st of that year. It was rereleased on September 4, 2020. I am…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Losing Lara
Welcome back to Wrock Talk! I hope that you all had a relaxing winter holiday and a nice new year! Today, we have the pleasure of learning more about Losing Lara, a Colorado-based musician, nerd enthusiast, and wrocker extraordinaire whom I first ‘met’ via the Wizard Rock Revival group back in 2017 on a post…
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The Wrock Wreview: guides not gatekeepers
The Album Hello and happy Saturday! I’d like to start the weekend off by reviewing this five song EP by Ariel Factor Birdoff (also known as Madam Pince and the Librarians) called “guides not gatekeepers.” Written during quarantine, this EP was released on January 11, 2021. I personally love Ariel’s songs, so I’m very excited…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
Chapter 12, has Harry’s date with the mirror! Honestly, this chapter sparked so many great songs, that it was hard to fit them all in! Featured bands include: Hungry Hungry Hippogriffs, Harry and the Potters, Heart of Black, The Bandon Banshees, Starfish and Stick, Slytherin Soundtrack, DJK Rowling, Hannah Moroz, the 8th Horcrux, Gred and…
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The Wrock Wreview: A Change is Gonna Come
The Album One of my all-time favorite wizard rock bands, Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls, has a side project called Edgar and the Family Bones. Originally released on December 29, 2007, A Change is Gonna Come includes two songs that were released in 2006 and 2007 and two instrumental pieces that were never released. It…
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The Wrock Wreview: What Is Right And What Is Easy
The Album Did you know that the wizard rock band Split Seven Ways has a side project called Malfoy Manor? I wasn’t aware of that fact until I wrote this review! Originally released January 1, 2008, What Is Right And What Is Easy was reissued on Bandcamp on September 21, 2020. This was Malfoy Manor’s…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 11: Quidditch
Chapter 10, has Quidditch! Featured bands include: Harry and the Potters, Alex Boyd, Szhom, Ollivander, Eyes Like Mine, and Lily and James! Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out the ongoing feed on Wrock the Reread!
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The Wrock Wreview: WZRD
The Album Album cover designed by Nixie Pixie. Today we are transported into the magical realm of wizard rock radio to tune in to a very special album by Ashley Hamel called WZRD. This incredible witch intersperses radio talk show conversation into the album, which is otherwise full of songs from the wizarding world. The…