Category: Columns
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The Wrock Wreview: Revisionist History
The Album Album cover designed by Riley’s Desk. It’s getting closer and closer to September first when we all board the Hogwarts Express and make our way to school. Today we’re going to bring it back to an original wizard rocker who released a revision of their old music on May 18, 2021. That’s right,…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces
Chapter 17, is the end of Book 1! Featured bands include: Eyes Like Mine, Harry and the Potters, Sea Turtle Harmonic, Gyantess, Lily and James, Alas Earwax!, the 8th Horcrux, Ollivander, The Veelas, The First Task Is Dragons, Miranda Puffskein, Riddle TM, Hollow Godric, Pogo, The Weirdos Are Out, and The Dumbledore’s Army Band Did I miss anything? Comment below…
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The Wrock Wreview: Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers
The Album Hello and welcome to another Wrock Wreview! Today’s album, by Kathryn Hoss, is on Spotify and not Bandcamp, so if you click any of these links and it looks different, that’s why! It’s called Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers. Also, fun fact, as of tomorrow, the Wrock Wreview will be one whole year old!…
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The Wrock Wreview: Lumos
The Album I was fortunate enough to be at the house show where Harry and the Potters announced that they would be playing new music. None of us had any idea – it was a complete surprise. There was laughter, tears, and above all, there was magic in the music. It’s Harry’s birthday today, so…
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The Wrock Wreview: Hut on the Wrock: a Sea Shanty Comp
The Album Album cover designed by Christie Roberts. Ahoy, me magical mateys! On January 20 of 2021, I posted in the Wizard Rock Revival Facebook group: Wizard rock sea shanties. Discuss. Sixty comments and a whole lot of ideas later, I decided that there was enough interest to create a wizard rock sea shanty compilation.…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 16, has Fluffy, Devil’s Snare, flying keys, troll, and life-sized wizard’s chess! Featured bands include: the Nifflers, Muggle Snuggle, Marked as His Equal, Roonil Wazlib, Riddle TM, Ollivander, Harry and the Potters, Kirstyn Hippe, and The Cruciatus Curse! Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out the ongoing feed on Wrock the Reread!
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The Wrock Wreview: HP EP
The Album Hello and happy Saturday! We’re going to take a look at a five song EP today entitled HP EP. This album was recorded live in Corbad‘s house and was released on Bandcamp on July 16, 2011. HP EP is all about the Golden Trio, their friendship, and their history with each other and…
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Into the Pensieve: Wrock Wreggies (and Wrock Chicago)
This month, we are going back to 2008. 8/8/08 to be exact. That auspicious date marks the first Wrock Wreggies show in Chicago. It was one of the most memorable gigs for Swish and Flick, one which I fondly recall as the moment we’d “made it” in Wizard Rock.
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 3!
Welcome back, wrock fans one and all, to the third and final part of the January-June 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report! If you’d like, you can check out parts one and two as well! What a six months it has been for wizard rock. So many new bands popping up and old bands still…
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The Wrock Wreview: That’s So Gay
The Album Hey y’all. I’m feeling pretty gay today, so I figured I would take this opportunity to review an album called That’s So Gay by Tianna and the Cliffhangers. Tianna was a huge reason why I started writing queer wrock, because I was so inspired by her courage to do something like that. I’m…