Category: Articles
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The Incomplete Guide to WrockTok
TikTok is the newest platform where wizard rock thrives, if you know where to look. I did a deep dive and the amount of quality wrock I found drove me to write this article. There’s some magical stuff here! But only a small fraction of wizard rockers on TikTok would categorize themselves as such. As…
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Trans Wrock Matters
As someone who discovered the world of wizard rock via the Transfiguration compilation in 2020, I have little authority to compile the ultimate playlist of publicly-available, explicitly transgender wrock. But here we are, and here it is!
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Thank Merlin for Totally Knuts
Content notices: Jkr mentions. Police brutality mentions. I use the term “queer” as powerfully reclaimed.
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Why We Don’t Talk About the Remus Lupins and Ministry of Magic
If anyone had told me in 2014 that I would be writing an article about anything, let alone an article about something as terrible as sexual abuse, I wouldn’t have believed it. I wouldn’t have thought I had the right kind of background or any right to speak about that subject because I don’t have…
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My Patronus is on Patreon! Wizard Rockers on Patreon
Hi folks! I thought it might be fun to put together a quick lil’ article highlighting those wizard rock folks who have Patreon accounts! If you wish, please consider signing up to support all these amazing folks—and let us know if we missed anyone in the comments below! In no particular order, click right there…
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Wizard Rock: A Subject Heading
Wizard Rock is many things: music about Harry Potter, a source of unbridled happiness, the most amazing community I’ve ever been a part of, and a Library of Congress subject heading. That last one might sound pretty lackluster after the other three, but being an official subject heading is quite awesome.
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An Introduction to the Filk Community for Wrockers, Part 3
Continued from part 2. We now come to the themes and topics of filk, which are wide-ranging, not surprising for a style of music that has been around for 60+ years. It started out with science fiction and fantasy, but quickly branched out to songs about space and science. Cats, fandom, and life in Mundania…
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An Introduction to the Filk Community for Wrockers, Part 2
Continued from part 1. So what can you expect if you are a wizard rock act that has been invited to a filk con, or you want to go see The Blibbering Humdingers—who happen to be filkers, wizard rockers, and SCA bards—at a nearby filk con? Note that all of these are broad trends; you…
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An Introduction to the Filk Community for Wrockers, Part 1
Filk, the music that is looked down on. But what is it deep down, what is its relation to wizard rock, and why do I think filkers and wizard rockers have a lot in common? Because both filk and wizard rock have a do-it-yourself and anyone can play attitude, both in theory and in practice.…
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The Russian Peverell Story
One of my favorite wizard rock songs, often one I point newbies towards, is “The Peverell Story” by The Butterbeer Experience – a stunning retelling of “The Tale of Three Brothers” from Death’s perspective, one that’s captured fan imaginations enough for several fanvids to make their way onto YouTube. Now, it turns out “The Peverell…