Weekly Wrock Wrap Up

Welcome to this week’s Double Weekly Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news!

General

Jessie of The Curse Breakers is back from a long hiatus and is “working for Voldy” now. Find out more at her blog.

With the DIY attidtude of Wizard Rock, the majority of wrockers are independent songwriters constantly having to tap into their creative processes. An interesting video by Elizabeth Gilbert talks out these creative processes and where ideas come from.

The Ravenclaw Revolution has recently added a new member to the band.

The Fleur Delacours are now on Twitter @fleurdelacours

Want to have exclusive access to news from The Whomping Willows? Then join the mailing list set up by Matt.

Very few rooms are still available at Wrockstock. However, there are still people that are in need of roommates so if you are looking for a room at Wrockstock, check out the forums.

Have you ever wanted to get some wrock shirts at a great price? This weekend is your last chance to purchase Harry and the Potters shirts in their blowout sale. Otherwise you would have to wait until Christmas time for those deals.

A new blog site has been launched to help promote lesser known wizard rock bands gain exposure. It is called the WRadar, catching as many blips as possible. It is also associated with Wizard Rock Bag Fries, which accomplishes the same aims through putting together an album compiled of 10 wrock songs each month. With a name like that how could you not check it out?

Albums

The Wizarding World has made the band’s third EP Return of the Wizards available for free download.

Lily’s Last Breath by The Silver Doe is now available for purchase.

Wingardium Leviosa has released it’s self titled album an is available for purchase here.

Songs

 The Lost Diadems – ‘The Other Half of Me’

RiddleTM – ‘He Doesn’t Love You’

Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls – ‘Necessity (I’ll Be Alright)’

The Fleur Delacours – ‘Battle of Hogwarts’

Lord Voldi and the Dark Marks – ‘All I Want For Christmas’

The Moaning Myrtles – ‘O.W.L.S.’

Catchlove – ‘Don’t Panic’

Hollow Godric – ‘Camping Alone’

Videos

Check out Karen’s Wrock videos, a new channel featuring a set played at the Whitman library a few months ago and acoustic performances from Draco and the Malfoys.

The Remus Lupins recently posted vlog chronicling the adventures of this past summer’s tour.

Kingsley and the Shackletbolts have also posted a vlog discussing the release of their new album as well as upcoming shows.

If you’ve ever wondered what goes into making a wrock album, with the recording, editing, and so on, the Creevey Crisis has put your wondering to rest as the band showcases the process with this vlog (shown below).

2 responses to “Weekly Wrock Wrap Up”

  1. JS Avatar
    JS

    Has anyone noticed that if you search for “wizard rock” on YouTube it skips a years worth of videos? It will show 2 or 3 recent ones, and then skip to a year ago. Is everyone else seeing the same thing?

  2. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    Wouldn’t know. I’m usually more specific than that on youtube.

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