Tag: the whomping willows
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LeakyCon Remembrance, Day 2: Wizard Rock Night
Continuing with Part Two of my remembrance, I take a look at Wizard Rock Night. The next night, if you can believe it, was even better than Evil Night, and for me, the very highlight of the conference. Wizard Rock Night featured Tonks and the Aurors, Gred and Forge, the Whomping Willows, and the indelible…
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LeakyCon Remembrance, Day 1: Evil Night!
Exactly one year ago, as I write this, I was on my way to Boston, Massachusetts to attend LeakyCon 2009, the very first conference put on by The Leaky Cauldron. Prior to that, I had only attended one other conference, which was Prophecy 2007 in Toronto, Canada, so I had very high expectations. In many…
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Let’s Hope this Wizard Party lasts Forever!!!
Now I’m not normally a fan of multiple exclamation marks, but for the sake of The Whomping Willows’ new album, I suppose we can make an exception. Last year, The Whomping Willows put out an album departing from the traditional wizard rock album that we’re accustomed to seeing. Each song was a different part of…
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The Final Three
We’ve got the last three categories for you to check out! Stay tuned because final voting will be starting sometime this weekend.
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We Have Our Final Ballot!
We need just a bit more time to set up the final voting for the Wizard Rock People’s Choice Awards. In the meantime, we’ve got a list of nominees for you to mull over! Also, due to the nature of the nomination process, we are going to wait a little longer to release the list…
all aboard the knight bus, catchlove, creevey crisis, danny dementor, diagon alley, dj luna lovegood, draco and the malfoys, fred and george the band, gred and forge, harry and the potters, hawthorn & holly, i speak tree, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, let’s lumos, madam pince and the librarians, mc kreacher, ministry of magic, miss parkinson, muggle relations, neville’s diary, notorious nev, oliver boyd and the remembralls, peeved, riddletm, romilda vane and the chocolate cauldrons, salemm rock, solitary snape, split seven ways, standing in line, swish and flick, the blibbering humdingers, the butterbeer experience, the buttermellows, the deathsticks, the half-kneazles, the house of black, the magizoologists, the misuse of muggle artifacts office, the moaning myrtles, the nifflers, the parselmouths, the silver doe, the swedish shortsnouts, the whomping willows, tonks and the aurors, witherwings -
Question Everday, part 5
And the categories keep on coming! Best Collaboration Best Folk/Country/Blues Song Best Techno/Electronica Song For Best Collaboration, I have to say that ‘Don’t Let Me Explode’ by The Whomping Willows with Lauren Fairweather has some pretty amazing harmonization. That whole album has some other great collaborations, too – Mark from Ministry of Magic and Georgia…
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Question Everyday, part 4
You guys have done a really great job of helping us out with this brainstorming! Here are a few more categories to ponder: Best Merch Item (anything that is not music counts!) Best Youth Effort Best Music Video As far as merch goes, there were a lot of awesome new designs for tshirts this year,…
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Question Everyday, part II
Thanks to everyone who added their two cents for yesterday’s categories! Don’t forget to keep thinking and posting comments as you come across them! Today, we’re asking for more song help, along with a category given to someone behind the scenes. Best Album Art Best Holiday Song Best Comedy Song For album art, any EP…
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Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news! General The Whomping Willows will be touring in the month of February and has a few dates open for house parties. Check out the band’s blog for more information. The Potterwatch Project is celebrating its one year band…
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Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news! General Into the Pensieve is now on Twitter. Follow them @intothepensieve. The Whomping Willows Street Team needs your help to find venues that the band can return to year after year. For more information check out the band’s…