Month: June 2013
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Snobby Sunday’s: Luna’s Ceiling
Hey, wizard peeps! I hope you all had a good LeakyCon, to those able to attend the shindig in Portland. I am writing this on the eve of the con, so if I did anything really awkward like accidentally broke one of the drums, or vom’d on Maureen Johnson, or mistook Joe DeGeorge’s cries for…
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Flashback Friday – The Curse Breakers
For this week’s Flashback Friday, let’s all give a listen to Jessie and The Curse Breakers! The Curse Breakers only released one EP, which also came with a homemade bookmark and a Hufflepuff bracelet (or at least it did when I bought my copy, anyways). While Jessie is no longer making wizard rock music, she…
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Question Tuesday
OK, we’re back this week with Question Tuesday on it’s correct day! Wizard rock has provided us with a number of great collaborations between wrockers. Matt Maggiacomo’s worked with Lauren Fairweather, Riddle TM, Voldemark, and others on many Whomping Willows songs, Gred and Forge has one of the absolute funniest collaborations with Justin Finch-Fletchley in…
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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 Happy Bandiversary to Harry and the Potters who are celebrating 11 years together as a band! They’re celebrating by touring – that’s a pretty darn good way to celebrate 11 years of awesome music. Oh, and spawning…
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Flashback Friday – Hollow Godric
Here’s an incredibly old, but no less incredibly awesome, video of one of the rare Hollow Godric live performances. “Autumn Note” will forever be one of my absolute favorite wizard rock songs, and Brandon Blair one of my favorite wizard rock musicians. Hollow Godric’s two albums can still be purchased via their Bandcamp page, and…
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Creevey Thursday!
JFF and Tonks & the Aurors – Photo: CamieSpice I am apologizing in advance for the not so awesome quality of this photo – back last summer when this was taken, my iPhone 4 was on its last legs. ANYWAYS – Justin Finch-Fletchley, Tonks & the Aurors, and Kirstyn Hippe are embarking on the Go…
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Question… Wednesday?
Oops! We got so wrapped up with posting our MySpace editorial followup yesterday that we forgot to post our weekly question! Over the years, the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club brought us some fantastic releases – from the Mudbloods EP, Big Whompy, Gred and Forge, Dumbledore, and more. We always talk about how…
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MySpace Responds To Our Article, Then Promptly Deletes Blogs
Back in May, we published an editorial regarding MySpace’s relaunch, and what that could mean to old wizard rock songs that only exist on a defunct band’s MySpace page. A number of articles were linked to, supporting our concerns that older information might be deleted, and a healthy discussion took place in the comments section…
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Snobby Sundays: Buckbeak’s Flight
Welcome back to Snobby Sundays! Today we continue gallivanting around the world, this time heading out to Australia for today’s band – Buckbeak’s Flight. You’ll notice that I haven’t yet indulged in my habit of binge-linking to things, because unfortunately, while a page on MySpace still exists for this band, all content was taken down…
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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 Wizrocklopedia now has a brand new, fully functional calendar! You can access it right from our front page, where the 5 soonest upcoming shows will be displayed. If you have any shows coming up, please contact…