Category: Columns
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Snobby Sundays: Seven Potters
Oh thank God I said “next time” in the last article, and not “next week”. Anywho – hey there, wizard kids! Welcome back to Snobby Sundays, an occasional series where I, the Wrock Snob, introduce you to a less-famous wizard rock band that I really dig. Today, we’re looking at Seven Potters, a one-myn acoustic-focused…
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The Wrock Wreview – Welcome to 2458
Welcome to the second installment of the Wrock Wreview! This week I had the honor of reviewing Welcome to 2458: A Wizard Rock Compilation Inspired by Performances in Room 2458. You know what FOMO is? That feeling of missing out? That’s what I feel when listening to this album. I want to be in the…
bella and le strangers, compilations, hawthorn & holly, hogwarts a history, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, riddletm, romilda vane and the chocolate cauldrons, snidget, swish and flick, terminus, the gryffindor common room rejects, the house of black, the hufflepunks, the mudbloods, the tonk, witherwings -
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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Snobby Sundays: Lumos + Nox
This week, I’m going to introduce you to the best new band of 2010 you never heard about: Lumos + Nox. This two-person band from somewhere in the US, like, Ohio or one of the other boring states, jumped into the scene in early 2010 with what I regarded as a big splash – a…
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Snobby Sundays: Bella’s Love
I’m back! I hope you all treated the Wizard Rock Reviewbot 3000 nicely while I was away – thon gets a little cranky at times. This week we will be taking a look at one of my favorite old-school wizard rock bands – Bella’s Love.
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Snobby Sundays: Lord of the Strings
[Unfortunately, The Wrock Snob is unavailable this week, and had to call in for a substitute to write this article. We hope the Wizard Rock Reviewbot 3000 suffices.] Witty introduction referencing previous article. Mention of today’s topic, Lord of the Strings. Brief history acknowledging their status as an older wizard rock band that existed for…
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Snobby Sundays: Fawkes
And thus our wizard rock tour of the world concludes as we head home to The Greatest Nation On Earth: ‘MURICA. And in honor of our first Snobby Sunday set in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Even More Free Like Wow You Have No Idea Just Look At How Much…
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Snobby Sundays: Essence of Dittany
Welcome back to our final stop in our Wrock Tour ‘Round the World, as we look at a band from America’s Hat, also known as Canadia! Wait, if Canada is America’s Hat, then is Alaska the dumb ponytail that comes out of the back of the trucker hat? Is Alaska America’s Ponytail? DID I JUST…
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Snobby Sundays: The Deluminator
After our brief stop in the US for some topical shenanigans, we continue gallivanting around the world as we take a look at a band from the place where the magic all started. Or we would, but I don’t know of any wizard rock bands from Albania. So instead, we’re gonna look at The Deluminator,…
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Snobby Sundays: Happy Funtimes Edition
Hey guys, gonna do things a little differently than usual. So, I had the beginnings of a post on UK band The Deluminator all set out and was going to review that, but then… well, yesterday happened. For those not in the know, a lot of not so great things happened, across a wide variety…
alas earwax!, catchlove, danny dementor, harry and the potters, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, kwikspell, luna’s ceiling, mc kreacher, ministry of magic, remus and the lupins, split seven ways, the blibbering humdingers, the giant squidstravaganza, the remus lupins, the whomping willows