Category: Columns
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Matthew Cox and Brian Metolius of the “Puffs” Play
And we’re back! On today’s Wrock Talk page, I have a special treat for everyone. A few weeks ago, I reached out to Matt Cox and Brian Metolius, the writer and composer (respectively) of Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, an Off-Broadway play that retells much of…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Chapter 5, takes us to Diagon Alley for shopping for cauldrons, wands, owls, and brooms! Featured bands include: the Wargs, Gringott Grrls, Diagon Alley, Eyes Like Mine, PigWidgeon, the 8th Horcrux, Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, Salsa Commodity, RiddleTM, Ollivander, and Alex Boyd. Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out…
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Kwikspell #3: Getting Into Character
We here at the Kwikspell column thought there was no better time than the month of Halloween to talk about characters. So many wizard rock bands have taken on the persona of an individual character or a group of them, using it to influence everything from their songwriting to their stage persona. Going out on stage…
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The Wrock Wreview: Gather Your Thoughts
Happy Saturday, Magical Beings! I’m spending my Saturday trying to keep up with the changing winds of our world right now. I’m longing for the simpler times of myspace and Wrockstock. I’m continuing my walk through memory lane and highlighting some Wizard rock from my neck of the woods. This week, I’m reviewing Gather Your…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with the Swedish Shortsnouts
Welcome to the second Wrock Talk post, where we feature interviews with different wrock band every few weeks. Today, we will be traveling to the mythical land of the Vikings that many folks call Scandinavia, for it is here that a powerful, primordial magic stirs. What is this magic, you may ask? Why, it’s nothing…
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The Wrock Wreview: The Butterdemo
Hello, magical beings! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying the change of the seasons. There’s nothing like cooler weather, a cup of coffee, and good music. Speaking of good music, today I’m going to be reviewing The Butterdemo by The Buttermellows. This 2009 demo was recently rereleased by Wizrocklopedia! I have been…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
“Yer a Wizard Harry!” Chapter 4, clearly inspired a lot of wizard rock bands to make music about the day Harry learned the truth about himself. Featured bands include: Ollivander, Harry and the Potters, Kwikspell, Sam, Jonathan Mann, Mudblud, The Basilisk in Your Pasta, Let’s Lumos, The Bandon Banshees, and Tonks and the Aurors. Did…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with TK Lawrence of Totally Knuts
Welcome to the inaugural Wrock Talk post, in which I interview a wide variety of wizard rockers! For this post, I sat down (so to speak) with TK Lawrence of the band Totally Knuts. Formed in the mid-2010s, Totally Knuts might be a newer band when compared to some of the scene’s progenitors, but their…
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Into the Pensieve – Wrock in Retrospect: NYC Wizard Rock Festival 2008
Into the Pensieve – Wrock in Retrospect: NYC Wizard Rock Festival 2008
celestial warmbottom, dj luna lovegood, draco and the malfoys, fred and george the band, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, nagini, nyc wizard rock festival, oliver boyd and the remembralls, split seven ways, swish and flick, the butterbeer experience, the cedric diggorys, the greybacks, the group that shall not be named, the hungarian horntails, the moaning myrtles, the princess of hogwarts, the remus lupins, the whomping willows -
Exploring the Swedish Scene: September 2020
Here is an update of what has happened in the Swedish Scene since the last update in August. A Nerd Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality Solitary Snape, The Swedish Shortsnouts and Pussycat Dolores were featured on Geek Beat Radio’s “A Nerd Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality” stream on august 23rd.