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It’s almost summer weather here in Chicago! That means getting to wear all my wizard rock tshirts without covering them up with layers and layers of winter gear. I can’t wait to wear my Tonks and the Aurors “Tonight the signal’s strong” and The Whomping Willows’ “Wizard Rock Forever” shirts. (Of course, the JFF Honeydukes shirt I turned into a tote bag gets use year-round.)

Are you wearing your tshirts yet? What are your favorites? Who do you wish made tshirts available to you?

Wizard People, Dear Reader,

Has wizard rock gotten…too big?

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So I wake up in the morning and I step outside/And I take deep breath and I get real high/And I scream from the top of my lungs-

What’s goin’ on?

What wizard rock events did you go to this summer? Are you going to the Quidditch World Cup this weekend? Keeping up with Tuesday Night Community Service with Diagon Alley or JFF’s midnight tweets? Headed to a Yule ball? Let us know what’s going on!

All of the wizard rock at Wrockstock V gets a *STANDING OVATION* from me. There were some truly tremendous shows from everyone.
Take The Weasel King, for example.



(Courtesy of etoile713)

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We apologize for all the technical problems the ‘pedia has been having…but we’re pleased to report that this site is up and running once more! Here are some wrock bands that debuted during this last hiatus…

The Secret Broom Cupboard of Salazar Slytherin
Very Nearly Late
Taylor Brogan
WrockLeviosa
Flogging Dobby
Detention With Dolores

So, now that we’re back…we would absolutely LOVE news submissions from you. I have a judicial internship and I’m studying to take the bar exam, so I don’t have loads of time to be hunting down everything that’s going on in the wrock world. But we’re back! WOO HOO!

We’re playing catch-up on Today’s #MuggleMusicMonday! I unintentionally took last week off, so we’re covering two letters today! T and U!

T is for “Twentysomething,” from Jaime Cullum‘s third album of the same name.

I simply love the jazzy feel of “Twentysomething.” The piano solo, which starts at the 1:50 mark, is so delightful and bouncy. Cullum’s vocal range is teriffic, too. Make sure you go check out the rest of the album, Twentysomething!

U is for “Under Control,” from Parachute‘s debut studio album, Losing Sleep.

I’ve featured Parachute many a time before, but it doesn’t make what I have to say about them any less true. I simply adore this band. They just released a new album, The Way It Was, on May 17, so please please please go check it out!

W’re back for another #MuggleMusicMonday?? You betcha! Today’s letter is S, and it indicates our song title!

“Soul Meets Body,” off of Death Cab for Cutie‘s 2005 album Plans.

“Soul Meets Body” is Washington-based Death Cab for Cutie’s highest charting single in the US. It peaked at #5 in 2005.

This is probably the only Death Cab for Cutie song that I listen to on a regular basis. For some reason, I keep coming back to this song. The line, “a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere” just gets me in the best possible way. So awesome.

The video is really great, too. All the bits of nature transforming into quarter notes and eighth notes. Super cool!

I’ve got a silly #MuggleMusicMonday for you, today. This week’s letter is R, and it stands for none other than everyone’s favorite former Canadian pop star, Robin Sparkles.

“Let’s Go To The Mall”

For those of you who don’t watch How I Met Your Mother on CBS, here’s a little background.

Before Robin Scherbatsky became a New York City news anchor she was a teen model and minor pop star in Vancouver. This was revealed to the other characters on the show through Robin’s blatant refusal to go to a mall. She explains, “I had to go all over Canada and sing this song in malls. For a whole year, I lived off of Orange Julius and Wetzel’s Pretzels.”

Not enough Robin Sparkles for you? Here’s her follow-up single, “Sandcastles in the Sand,” featuring Alan Thicke, James Van Der Beek and Tiffany!

And you thought it would be at least three weeks before you saw another one of these…

Songs

Five new songs by XENOPHILIUS, including “He Tends to Blow Things Up” and “Tarantellegra”.

Slytherin Soundtrack released a new song, “The Greatest Seeker”.

Anvil and the Hints: “Everyone’s In Love With Lily Evans” and “The Ballad of Ronald B Weasley”

New Bands

Say hello to Peeta Pettigrew, The Ministry of Magic are Morons Group, and Don’t Call Me Nymphadora!

I’m hoping to post at least some wrock news every week from now on, but I’m finishing up law school and don’t have the time for big huge posts. Therefore, I present to you…the first mini-edition of Weekly Wrock Wrap-Up! Other categories to follow…

Videos

Looking for some footage from this past season’s various Yule Balls? AccioStarbucks has loads of videos from the North Carolina and Miami Yule Balls, including performances by Ministry of Magic, Gryffindor Common Room Rejects, Gred and Forge, Bella and le Strangers, and The Blibbering Humdingers.

Matt of The Whomping Willows talks about why wizard rock isn’t dead. First of all, Harry and the Potters are touring this summer…

New band Weasley Sweaters perform “Sirius Black – Fly Away,” a filk of “Friday” by Rebecca Black.