Category: Reviews
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Reviewing A Very Potter Musical
The Show In the spring of 2010, I studied abroad for a semester in Edinburgh, Scotland. I had my laptop for schoolwork and keeping in touch with friends and family, in addition to checking a website every day that I believe was called Wizard Life. This webpage was a lot like other “FML” type sites,…
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Review: Totally Knuts: “Fresh, Spooky, & Queer”
“Fresh, Spooky, & Queer” is Totally Knuts’ first wizard rock album. As the recipient of a Yes All Witches Grant (video of the announcement here!), TK was able to put out this album using new recording software and microphones. TK wanted to give the wizard rock community more diverse representation through this album, and I’d argue…
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Review: Totally Knuts: “Pan Magic”
Totally Knuts’ “Pan Magic” EP isn’t the band’s first official release (stay tuned for our review of their full-length album, “Fresh, Spooky, & Queer”) but it is an excellent preview of what the band has to offer. Let’s get started! The EP opens with a delightful anthem for Luna: “Being Me.” This song emphasizes Luna’s…
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Album Review: “Wizard Rock” by Pottörhead
January brought us a new year, and with it a new release from a brand new band – Germany’s Pottörhead dropped their debut album “Wizard Rock” on us all just a few days into 2018. When we happened to stumble across one of their introductory videos on Twitter, we knew that we had to get…
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Review: Shauna Carrick “Songs from Hogwarts” EP
Ireland has long been a welcoming home to fantastic wizard rock (hello, Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons!) and they’ve gifted us with another amazingly talented musician – Shauna Carrick. Shauna recently released her first EP on Bandcamp, “Songs from Hogwarts” in November, and it’s comprised of 5 quick but fun tunes that will be…
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Review: [Explicit] MC Gryf: Witches Ain’t Shit
Note: This EP is not remotely safe for work or sensitive ears. MC Gryf asserts himself from the very first verse of “Where My Mudbloods At?”: “I been writin’ rhymes since Albus Dumbledore bit the dust.” This first entry on his “Witches Ain’t Shit” EP is an aggressive one, with MC Gryf talking shit on Slytherin…
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Review: Nevertheless, I Persisted (Myrtle Elizabeth Warren) – The Moaning Myrtles
The last time the Moaning Myrtles put out a full-length album, we were still waiting on three more Harry Potter movies. The last time they toured, we were barely into this decade. Needless to say, it was a pleasant surprise when I found out that Lauren and Nina decided to play not one, not two,…
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Review: americanquidditch demos
This Name Your Price wizard rock EP comes to us from Cincinnati, Ohio’s This Is My Nightmare (seriously, there’s a lot of wizard rock in Ohio). The project appears to be a solo act, with all of the songs (along with their other non-wrock releases) being just a single voice and acoustic guitar. Fans of…
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Review: What Is Your Bag (to the tune of “Here Comes Your Man”)
Ludo Bagman and the Trash released their first album this past July, under an inventive new genre: BAG ROCK. Don’t bag it till you try it, folks. The album itself is a mixed bag of styles and instrumentations. It opens with “Song From Ludo’s Mom,” which is my tied-for-first-place favorite cover of a Katy Perry…
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New Music Review: Calling Back Kelly “The One With The Little Wizard Boy”
Editor’s Note: Content on the ‘pedia has been a bit light this year due to staffer schedules and responsibilities, however that certainly doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been any news or releases on the wizard rock front! In fact, this year has seen a number of album and EP releases from bands new and old,…