The winner from the last caption contest is Zivlok!

“Okay, WHO just called me ‘That Albino From The Da Vinci Code’? Come on, own up! I can do Legilimency, you know!”

Now for the reveal you have all been waiting for, here is the next caption contest picture. Continue reading this article…

With some of my past articles, I’ve given the impression that the wizard rockers might wish that there wasn’t something in their life that limited their participation in the wrock community. Recently, I got the chance to talk with Russ of Creevey Crisis and Stacy of Swish and Flick about being wizard rock parents. As you’ll see, their kids do limit some of what they can do in the community, but certainly, neither resent this. Instead, both of them have taken this as an opportunity to do what many wizard rockers want to do: introduce children to books and music, but they get the opportunity to do this on a daily basis.

Russ’ two kids, a 3 year old son and a 7 year old daughter, are a little young to have read Harry Potter on their own, but Russ has read Sorcerer’s Stone to his daughter. Continue reading this article…

In Which the Swedish Scene Takes on the Rest of the World

Sweden isn’t exactly the largest country in the world, nor is it the most regularly thought of. To be perfectly honest, if someone had mentioned the words “Sweden” or “Swedish” to me more than a year ago, I would have taken a moment to sit and think about how delicious it would be to have a package of Swedish Fish in my hands at that very moment. (Sidenote: They aren’t called “Swedish Fish” in Sweden. In case you were wondering.) My perception changed drastically around a year ago when there was a sudden upsurge in Wizard Rock bands popping up in Sweden. Some of the first bands I was in contact with were Johnny B. Lovegood and Seamus Finnigan’s Wake. I maintained correspondence with them as I made my plans to study abroad and told them how I hoped to visit them while I was in Europe. To my dismay, I have not had the opportunity to meet either of these performers. Despite that, I was rewarded with a gift beyond meeting just two Wizard Rock bands – I met eight. Continue reading this article…

Due to time constraints, it is apparent now that a weekly edition of the Song Round Up may not always be possible. New song announcements will continue to be posted at the beginning of a week as often as possible.

I am perfectly aware that Halloween has just occured in the United States and that a lot of people get annoyed when they start seeing Christmas things in stores or hear Christmas music on the radio before Thanksgiving. Those of you who are aggravated by such things should be warned; this bulletin has something to do with the winter holiday season. It does not, however, come wrapped in garland or sounding like bells.

Christmas is a popular holiday in the wizard rock community. It makes sense, to be honest, considering how much of a role the holiday played in the Harry Potter series. Pretty soon, holiday wrock songs and CDs will be littering MySpace (and the Wizrocklopedia). In the meantime, and perhaps to prolong the Thanksgiving season, we’ve decided to have one half of our 12 Days of Wrockmas giveaway event coincide with Thanksgiving!*

This 12 Days of Wrockmas this year will take place Continue reading this article…