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Six Month Report Bandcamp gift card winner!
Hello wrock fans! As you may have noticed if you read the January-June 2021 edition of the Wizrocklopedia’s Wizard Rock Six Month Report (see parts one, two & three!), we ran a contest for a $10 Bandcamp gift card to folks who commented on the posts with their favorite wizard rock releases of the last six months! Here’s…
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The Wrock Wreview: HP EP
The Album Hello and happy Saturday! We’re going to take a look at a five song EP today entitled HP EP. This album was recorded live in Corbad‘s house and was released on Bandcamp on July 16, 2011. HP EP is all about the Golden Trio, their friendship, and their history with each other and…
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Archive Releases: Potter Ink!
Today on the Wizrocklopedia Music Archive, we rerelease Tales from the Giant Squid, a full-length album by the NYC wizard rock band Potter Ink! This is a wonderful record that we are glad to reintroduce to the world! Wrock on! P.S. Potter Ink also had a couple songs that are not on this album: “Hey…
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Into the Pensieve: Wrock Wreggies (and Wrock Chicago)
This month, we are going back to 2008. 8/8/08 to be exact. That auspicious date marks the first Wrock Wreggies show in Chicago. It was one of the most memorable gigs for Swish and Flick, one which I fondly recall as the moment we’d “made it” in Wizard Rock.
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 3!
Welcome back, wrock fans one and all, to the third and final part of the January-June 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report! If you’d like, you can check out parts one and two as well! What a six months it has been for wizard rock. So many new bands popping up and old bands still…
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The Wrock Wreview: That’s So Gay
The Album Hey y’all. I’m feeling pretty gay today, so I figured I would take this opportunity to review an album called That’s So Gay by Tianna and the Cliffhangers. Tianna was a huge reason why I started writing queer wrock, because I was so inspired by her courage to do something like that. I’m…
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Archive Releases: Lives, B-Sides, Covers & From Hogsmeade With Love by the Chocolate Frogs!
Surprise! This week on the Wizrocklopedia Music Archive, we have even more amazing releases by the Chocolate Frogs! First up is their 2008 full-length album From Hogsmeade With Love! ?From Hogsmeade With Love by The Chocolate Frogs And the final Chocolate Frogs release we have here at the ‘Pedia have is Lives, B-Sides, Covers, a NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
Chapter 15, has centaurs, unicorns, and a blood-drinking monster, oh my! Featured bands include: the 8th Horcrux, Harry and the Potters, the Giant Squidstravaganza, the Swedish Shortshouts, Ollivander, and Eyes Like Mine! Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out the ongoing feed on Wrock the Reread!
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Wizrocklopedia Compilation Club: Volume 2!
The second comp album from the ‘Pedia Comp Club has been released! Astute subscribers might have noticed it in their inboxes last week. If you haven’t heard the new songs yet–run, don’t walk, to check your email.
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The 2021 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: January-June, Part 2!
Welcome back, folks! This here is the second part of the Wizrocklopedia’s Wizard Rock Six Month Report for January-June 2021! If you’d like, you can check out part one right here and part three right here! We barely got halfway through March on last week’s installment, so let’s jump right back into the music without…