Category: Columns
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The Wrock Wreview: Magic Jukebox
The Album I am thrilled to have the absolute pleasure of reviewing Dream Quaffle‘s first ever wizard rock EP! Magic Jukebox is a five song album all about the best parts of the wizarding world. This album was released on the first of October, 2021. The final track has trumpet and saxophone solos performed by…
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The Wrock Wreview: The Acoustic Love Collection Volume III: The Good Years
The Album The Acoustic Love Collection Volume III: The Good Years by Tom Riddle and Friends was originally released in May of 2007 and was the band’s debut album. It was later rereleased by the Wizrocklopedia on October 1, 2021. With a whopping 23 tracks, the album is about 40 minutes long. Each song is…
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 3!
OK, y’all. We are now entering the homestretch! This right here is the final part of the Wizrocklopedia’s Wizard Rock Six Month Report for July – December 2021! You can check out the other two parts here and here, and all the previous Six Month Reports right here! Now: as promised in the first part,…
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The Wrock Wreview: Back to the Shack
The Album Album cover designed by PanoFarm I love Pottörhead‘s music and I felt that it was time to do a review of one of their albums. I have been lucky enough to have them submit songs to recent compilations such as the sea shanties comps, and I am always impressed by what they come…
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 2!
Welcome back, folks! This right here is the 2nd part of the July-December 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report on the Wizrocklopedia! We’ve got another batch of incredible new releases and rereleases for you! Check out part one of the July-December edition here, and older installments right here! If we missed anything or made any…
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The Wrock Wreview: Boggarts in the Closet
The Album Happy New Year!!! In honor of the new year and as a nod to ye ol’ house shows, I wanted to pay tribute to a very special band. You know ‘em, you love ‘em, it’s Draco and the Malfoys! Today I’m going to be reviewing their October 2020 release of Boggarts from the…
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 1!
Welcome, welcome, welcome, all you wizard rock people, to the July – December 2021 edition of the Wizard Rock Six Month Report!!! It has, of course, continued to be a banner year for wizard rock, with concerts, compilations, and community galore! As always, we’ll provide more complete stats on the number of releases in the…
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The Wrock Wreview: Advanced Defence Mechanisms
The Album Album cover designed by Miranda Roper. Hello and happy Saturday! Today we are going to take a look at Advanced Defence Mechanisms by Mimbulus Mimbletonia. There are ten tracks on this album, but the tenth song is only available for those who purchase the hard copy of the album, so I will be…
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The Wrock Wreview: Hard Toffee
The Album I came across this album on Youtube in November, 2021 (which is when it was released). It includes eight tracks and is by a band called Hard Toffee. Let’s see what this little-known corner of Harry’s world has in store.
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The Wrock Wreview: Sssss
The Album Last week we listened to The Purebloods, and this week we are going to continue the Death Eater train with Sssss by The Parselmouths. This band was one of the first I ever listened to when I first got into wizard rock, so I was really excited when I saw that their debut…