Month: September 2020
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Creevey Tuesdays: Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons
This week’s Creevey Tuesday catches an Irish wizard rocker performing across the pond in the United States! In this photo, Amy from Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons trades in her trademark piano for a guitar during a library performance in New York. You can listen to her music – full of soaring vocals and…
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The Wrock Wreview: The Butterdemo
Hello, magical beings! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying the change of the seasons. There’s nothing like cooler weather, a cup of coffee, and good music. Speaking of good music, today I’m going to be reviewing The Butterdemo by The Buttermellows. This 2009 demo was recently rereleased by Wizrocklopedia! I have been…
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Creevey Tuesdays: Neville’s Diary
Get ready for a full-band photo… wait, scratch that, this band is almost too big to fit into one photo! Neville’s Diary is known for being Bryce Cone’s solo project, but he often collaborates live with other musicians and his Wrockstock IV performance was no exception. Electric guitar, bass, trumpet, and saxophone – what more…
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From the Editors: new user registration is on hold
Good news wrockers! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, the ‘Pedia is back and popular! Bad news–that means the spam bots and hackers are circling, so we’ve temporarily turned off the ability to make a new account on the site! In the meantime, comment and tell us what you think on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram! You…
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Archive Releases: the Buttermellows!
This Friday, the Wizrocklopedia reissues the Buttermellows’ discography on the Wizrocklopedia Music Archive! The Buttermellows were recently featured by the Wrock Snob, and we’re so excited to be able to share these great EPs with the world again! First up is The Butterdemo: ?The Butterdemo by The Buttermellows And second is The Butterdemo II! ?The Butterdemo II…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
“Yer a Wizard Harry!” Chapter 4, clearly inspired a lot of wizard rock bands to make music about the day Harry learned the truth about himself. Featured bands include: Ollivander, Harry and the Potters, Kwikspell, Sam, Jonathan Mann, Mudblud, The Basilisk in Your Pasta, Let’s Lumos, The Bandon Banshees, and Tonks and the Aurors. Did…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with TK Lawrence of Totally Knuts
Welcome to the inaugural Wrock Talk post, in which I interview a wide variety of wizard rockers! For this post, I sat down (so to speak) with TK Lawrence of the band Totally Knuts. Formed in the mid-2010s, Totally Knuts might be a newer band when compared to some of the scene’s progenitors, but their…
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Into the Pensieve – Wrock in Retrospect: NYC Wizard Rock Festival 2008
Into the Pensieve – Wrock in Retrospect: NYC Wizard Rock Festival 2008
celestial warmbottom, dj luna lovegood, draco and the malfoys, fred and george the band, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, nagini, nyc wizard rock festival, oliver boyd and the remembralls, split seven ways, swish and flick, the butterbeer experience, the cedric diggorys, the greybacks, the group that shall not be named, the hungarian horntails, the moaning myrtles, the princess of hogwarts, the remus lupins, the whomping willows -
Creevey Tuesday: KwikSpell
This week’s photo op finds KwikSpell singing xyr heart out on tour! This photo was taken during a show at a magic shop during the Tour de Firenze in 2011. The tour was comprised of KwikSpell, The Sweetwater All-Stars, Miss Parkinson, and Rogue Bludger, who traveled from Texas over to the east coast after a successful…
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Exploring the Swedish Scene: September 2020
Here is an update of what has happened in the Swedish Scene since the last update in August. A Nerd Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality Solitary Snape, The Swedish Shortsnouts and Pussycat Dolores were featured on Geek Beat Radio’s “A Nerd Vigil for Victims of Police Brutality” stream on august 23rd.