Category: Updates
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Welcome to the House of Awesome CD News
The Whomping Willows’ second album has been recorded, according to the band’s weekly blog update published today. The 11 track CD will be released in May. The same blog entry mentions the the addition of two more shows to the band’s summer schedule as well as progress in compiling a muggle/wizard rock CD and The…
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Ron and the Weasleys Announce Hiatus
In a blog entry yesterday, the band wrote that they will be taking time off from writing and recording music due to busyness in their personal lives. They do, however, assure their fans that they will continue maintaining their MySpace and answering your questions. They hope to return to songwriting after the Book 7 release.…
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“Wizard Rock” by Matt Maggiacomo
The Whomping Willows front man wrote recently in his personal blog about the phenomenon dubbed wizard rock, his respect for the genre, and what it means to him. Among a variety of things he writes, “Wizard rock helped me realize that there’s nothing beautiful or romantic about being depressed. Rather than allow myself to fall…
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More Wizard Rock In the Press
We’ve just updated our Wizard Rock In the Press section with 13 more articles and features related to wizard rock, including an interview with Harry and the Potters published recently by Canadian newspaper The Charlatan. The article, entitled “Harry Potter rockers charm Ottawa,” contains information about the band and how they got started as well…
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Introducing Catchlove
One half of the wizard rock band Talons & Tea Leaves has started his own wrock project entitled Catchlove. You can find three demos on his new MySpace page as well as a more wizardly version of Mandy Moore’s “Only Hope” entitled “Voldemort’s Only Hope.” Lyrics to the “parody” can be found by clicking here.
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Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls Releases Title of Upcoming Album
Oliver Boyd creator Christian Caldeira has been working diligently on his second album and announced Friday that the album will be called Back for the Fight. A release date has yet to be determined, but artwork for the album cover can be seen on the band’s MySpace.
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Roonil Wazlib Interviewed by HPDR
The Harry Potter Daily Report has published an interview with Molly from the band Roonil Wazlib! In it she discusses collaborating (something we at the Wizrocklopedia love dearly) as well as going off to college, various musical projects and interests, being nominated for a Wizard Rock People’s Choice Award, and so much more. Read the…
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Forsaken Records Withdraws
The record label released the following statement earlier today: “We are shutting down! After much request, and understandably we were no where the point we should have been when we started. I openly agree with everyone about how the label was handled and that we shall no longer cause an uproar or bad stress to…
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Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls Release Party Performance
Singer songwriter Christian recently posted a blog entry not only thanking his fans for taking the time to vote for him in our People’s Choice Awards but also to announce that he’s been scheduled to perform at the Book 7 release party at the West Bloomfield Township Public Library in West Bloomfield, Michigan on July…
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New Tour Diary from the Remus Lupins
Alex of The Remus Lupins has written a synopsis of his recent adventures on the east coast. Here is a snippet: “The whole trip out to the east coast was ostensively an excursion to attend my Godson’s first birthday, so it was nice that I made it out there at 4am on the day of…