Category: Columns
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The Wrock Wreview – Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers
Welcome to a new series I’m calling The Wrock Wreview! This week I’m reviewing Kathryn Hoss’s latest album Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers. Hoss is a storyteller from northeast Ohio who lists artists such as the Indigo Girls, Maggie Rogers, and Julia Nunes as inspirations. You can hear their influence in this debut album. Spanning many…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
I’m so excited to bring this project to Wizrocklopedia! For those unfamiliar, Wrock the Reread is a social media music project where I pair wizard rock songs to the contents of Harry Potter books. After five years of Wizard Rock show attendance and almost twenty years of Harry Potter obsession, I wanted to give some…
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 3!
Welcome back, everyone, to the third and final part of the 2020 January-June Wizard Rock Six-Month Report, wherein I chronologically list all of the awesome wizard rock releases in the first half of 2020. If you missed them, I encourage you to go back and read parts one and two! There are a whole lot…
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 2!
Welcome, one and all, to the second part of the January-June 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report! You can check out the first part here, and the third part here. Without further ado, let’s jump straight back into the releases! We pick up on May 2 with a couple of incredible reissued compilations… May 2:…
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 1!
It’s been a great 6 months for wizard rock. In addition to numerous online concerts (including a 12-hour long festival!), the return of Yes All Witches grants and the launch of WZRD Radio, lots of artists both new and old have released lots of great new songs! Plus, several rare and out-of-print wrock releases have…
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Snobby Sundays: Lumos + Nox
This week, I’m going to introduce you to the best new band of 2010 you never heard about: Lumos + Nox. This two-person band from somewhere in the US, like, Ohio or one of the other boring states, jumped into the scene in early 2010 with what I regarded as a big splash – a…
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Snobby Sundays: Bella’s Love
I’m back! I hope you all treated the Wizard Rock Reviewbot 3000 nicely while I was away – thon gets a little cranky at times. This week we will be taking a look at one of my favorite old-school wizard rock bands – Bella’s Love.
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Snobby Sundays: Lord of the Strings
[Unfortunately, The Wrock Snob is unavailable this week, and had to call in for a substitute to write this article. We hope the Wizard Rock Reviewbot 3000 suffices.] Witty introduction referencing previous article. Mention of today’s topic, Lord of the Strings. Brief history acknowledging their status as an older wizard rock band that existed for…
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Snobby Sundays: Fawkes
And thus our wizard rock tour of the world concludes as we head home to The Greatest Nation On Earth: ‘MURICA. And in honor of our first Snobby Sunday set in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Even More Free Like Wow You Have No Idea Just Look At How Much…
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Snobby Sundays: Essence of Dittany
Welcome back to our final stop in our Wrock Tour ‘Round the World, as we look at a band from America’s Hat, also known as Canadia! Wait, if Canada is America’s Hat, then is Alaska the dumb ponytail that comes out of the back of the trucker hat? Is Alaska America’s Ponytail? DID I JUST…