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Archive Releases: The Vanishing Cabinet
This Friday, the Wizrocklopedia is excited to rerelease two EPs by Jenn Somers’ wizard rock project the Vanishing Cabinet! First is A Closet Full of Wrock, which comes with previously unreleased bonus tracks! ??A Closet Full of Wrock by The Vanishing Cabinet Second is A Vanishing Dittany Christmas, which was done in collaboration with Essence of Dittany and is…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Back for another installment of Wrock the Reread! In this chapter Harry visits a zoo for his cousins birthday and things go a little sideways. Featured bands include: Kwikspell, Harry and the Potters, Hawthorn and Holly, Wrackspurts!, Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons, and Slytherin Soundtrack Let me know if I missed any songs, or…
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Creevey Tuesdays: The Misbehavin’ Maidens
Check out this inter-house unity: it’s the Misbehavin’ Maidens, performing live at Misti-Con 2019! While the Maidens are not strictly a wizard rock band, they do have a great a capella shanty about how “Slytherins are Misunderstood,” and they’re always bringing sex-positive nerdy jams to the convention scene. Thanks to Mermanda for the awesome photo!
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Into the Pensieve: Wrock in Retrospect – Infinitus 2010
by Stacy Santiago Pisani CW: Contains mentions of Ministry of Magic and The Remus Lupins Swish and Flick at Infinitus 2010, Night of Frivolity Ball. Photo Credit: D. Tortorella for HPEF Concerts. Conferences. Concerts at cons. Let’s all release a deep forlorn sigh as we remember those days. Whether it was last year or last…
fred lives, hawthorn & holly, infinitus, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, madam pince and the librarians, mc kreacher, ministry of magic, swish and flick, the blibbering humdingers, the butterbeer experience, the chocolate frogs, the gryffindor common room rejects, the house of black, the moaning myrtles, the parselmouths, the remus lupins, the whomping willows, witherwings -
Kwikspell #1: The Magic of Songwriting
Welcome to Kwikspell, a new magical correspondence course in column form! Each month, you’ll learn some how-tos to help you make cool things in the wizard rock world. Although this column is called “Kwikspell,” it’s unfortunately not written by the band Kwikspell (or QuickSpell), just by Grace Kendall. A song is a magical thing –…
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Creevey Tuesdays: The Swedish Shortsnouts!
For this week’s Creevey Tuesday, let’s go to MultiCon 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s not a surprise to find The Swedish Shortsnouts rocking out there to a packed house! In this photograph, the band is performing their song “Harry Potter.” Give it a listen while staring at this photo – you’ll feel like you…
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Exploring the Swedish Scene
Introduction Hello all! My name is Kjetil. I grew up in Norway, but moved to Ohio when I was 15 and lived there for eight years. In 2007 I found wizard rock while going to high school and got involved with the local scene as well as going to a few Wrockstocks and conventions. I…
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The Wrock Wreview – Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers
Welcome to a new series I’m calling The Wrock Wreview! This week I’m reviewing Kathryn Hoss’s latest album Hufflepuffs Make Better Lovers. Hoss is a storyteller from northeast Ohio who lists artists such as the Indigo Girls, Maggie Rogers, and Julia Nunes as inspirations. You can hear their influence in this debut album. Spanning many…
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Archive Releases: Welcome to 2458
This Bandcamp Friday, the Wizrocklopedia proudly presents a legendary compilation based on a legendary wizard rock hotel room show: Welcome to 2458! Originally compiled by Christie Dawn Mowery of Hawthorn & Holly in 2008 to support The Harry Potter Alliance and featuring Swish and Flick, the House of Black, Bella and le Strangers and more, we’re excited to share this…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
I’m so excited to bring this project to Wizrocklopedia! For those unfamiliar, Wrock the Reread is a social media music project where I pair wizard rock songs to the contents of Harry Potter books. After five years of Wizard Rock show attendance and almost twenty years of Harry Potter obsession, I wanted to give some…