Hey guys! You know what you should do right now? Pre-order Jingle Spells, the holiday wizard rock compilation put together by The Leaky Cauldron and lots of your favorite wrock bands!

Jingle Spells is only $15, and can be purchased by visiting this page on Leaky. And everyone, when they say "limited-time offer," they mean it. The CD is only on sale through December 10, so hurry up and order! 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Book Aid International, an organization that builds libraries in disadvantaged countries across the world.

There are lots of other exciting things going on in Wrock Land, too, so let's take a look at everything that happened this last week, shall we? 

NEW BANDS
The Padfoot Crew
The Bloodpops
The Avada Kedavras
Mudbloods and Murmurs
DJ.K. Rowling
Blue and Yellow Wand
Raddish Earrings
The Escapators
Nagini, the Shakin Snake
Chaos of the Phoenix

NEW SONGS
The Curse Breakers ("Full Moon")
Striking Down Diggory ("Over the Battlement")
Chocolate in the Library ("Hogwarts Letter")
The Potter Noyz ("To Fred")
Knockturn Alley ("Snape" demo)
Gred and Forge ("WWW Halloween Commercial")
Nagini ("Me and Voldy")
The Gringotts Grrls ("The Sword of Gryffindor")
The Sneakoscopes ("Ron, You're My Best Friend")
Creevey Crisis ("Not Standing Silent" supplemental page)
Harry Potter and the Magic of Music ("The Greatest Halloween" download)
Potter and the Lightning Bolts ("My Darling Ginny")
Tonks! ("Snape Shaped Hole" and "Dark Mark Deepens")
Percival Ignatius ("Stant")
Striking Down Diggory ("Beyond the Last Horcrux" and "All Was Well")
Hallows and Horcruxes ("Hermione's Keeping Secrets")

ALBUM NEWS
-Catchlove has let fans know that pre-orders are available for OMG! It's Christmas! in this blog. You can also read more about the limited edition Where Do We Go From Here? here.
-Dumbledork has put out a downloadable album of 16 tracks called Instrumental Magic. Click here to download the album, and here for more information (including a track list).
-Siriusly Hazza P's album will be available through their MySpace as of Halloween.
-The Curse Breakers have made their songs available for purchase for $.99 a song on their MySpace page.
-The Whomping Willows' self-titled debut album can now be purchased on iTunes.
-Tonks and the Aurors is holding a contest for fans to come up with the name for the band's album. Winner gets a free copy of the CD, so hurry up and send in your submissions (details in this blog)!

TOUR/SHOW NEWS
-Another ball has been announced for wrock fans this winter season. The Crystal Ball is being held in Ohio at (get this) a real castle. Currently, The Whomping Willows and Draco and the Malfoys are confirmed for this event, and we will post more news as it comes out.
-Getting geared up for Wrockstock? It was recently announced that The Remus Lupins will be performing at the awesome event as a full band! Yep, Toby and Tyler will be joining Alex in Missouri. (The same blog also reminds fans of the Were-Love Tour with Catchlove and Adam from The Mudbloods.)

Before you go, I hope that you will take a moment to vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites List, and to vote for The WRock Club on Podcast Alley. Doing these things helps spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general to those who have yet to hear about it!

Peace, love, and wrock,
Becca

Hiya, everyone! It was a great week for wrock, but before we get down to the song lists and album news, I'd like to remind you all about Jingle Spells, the new holiday wizard rock compilation album!

The Leaky Cauldron, along with 14 amazing wizard rock bands, have put together this awesome CD, the proceeds of which are going to benefit Book Aid International. You can't order or even pre-order Jingle Spells yet, but check out the Wizrocklopedia's exclusive preview of the album for more information, including short clips of the songs to be included!

Well now I really can't wait for Christmas to come, but there's plenty of amazing wrock to listen to in the meantime, so here are this week's new bands, songs, album news, and more:

NEW BANDS
Treacle Tart
The Trace
The House of Black
Blibbering Humdingers
Lemon Drops and Blood Pops

NEW SONGS
Arnold and the Pygmy Puffs ("Hufflepuffs are Pretty Cool Too" and "Arnold Demo")
Pixie (new version of "It's Not Over")
The Hinky Punks ("Breath", found at the band's forum)
Split Seven Ways ("Mother and Brother")
Percival Ignatius ("Ditch Our Families")
Neville's Diary ("Lupin Vs. Snape")
Harry Potter and the Magic of Music ("The Tent", which can be found here)
The Cruciatus Curse (a parody of "I Love Rock 'n Roll" and a remake of "Hound Dog")
Mirror of Erised ("Malfoy Manor")
Sally Slytherin ("Enter the Heiress")
Striking Down Diggory ("A Special Thanks")
The Greybacks ("Get 'em While They're Young" and "Witching Hour")
Split Seven Ways ("Remember Me" and "Let Go")
The Ladies of Azkaban Swimsuit Calendar ("You're A Wizard, Harry")
LetriX ("Love Potion," "Lestrange Madness" and "The Dark Lord Will Rise")
Hogwarts, A History ("A Day Under The Serenity of Felix Felicis")

ALBUM NEWS
-Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons' new CD, Hogwarts, A Mystery, is now available for pre-orders! Click here for more information.
-The Moaning Myrtles' Toilet Humor can now be bought on iTunes, along with album from such bands as Ministry of Magic, Draco and the Malfoys, and more.
-Sally Slytherin has put up a blog with a complete track list for her new album, and lets fans know that an exclusive song was sent to Atrium Cast, so be sure to listen for that!
-Blue and Bronze's album is complete, and will be on sale very soon.
-Yellowish, the newest album by DJ Luna Lovegood, is officially ready for orders! The cost is only $5, so go here to order.

TOUR/SHOW NEWS
-The Whomping Willows' t-shirt design contest for Whompy's upcoming tour is now closed. The winning entry can be viewed here.

INTERVIEWS
-Go here for an interview with Lena of The Butterbeer Experience contained in Terminus' newsletter, The North Star, which has information about Wrock Chicago, the huge concert taking place next summer in conjunction with Terminus.
-Check out the news and updates page at Portus's website, and subscribe to Portus Previews in order to listen to an interview with Adam from The Mudbloods.

Before you go, I hope that you will take a moment to vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites List, and to vote for The WRock Club on Podcast Alley. Doing these things helps spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general to those who have yet to hear about it!

Keep on wrocking,
Becca

A thousand apologies for missing another week, you guys. Here's some free advice: don't be an English Lit major in college if you want to do anything with your life other than read and write papers for four years.

But I'm back now, and my absence means that I get to present you all with another UBER WRAP-UP. This Uber Wrap-Up covers the news of the last two weeks in the wonderful world of wrock, so sit back, relax, and experience the wizarding goodness.

NEW BANDS
The Secret Keepers
The Basilisk in Your Pasta
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Band
Serpensortia
Hedwig and the Headbangers
Chocolate in the Library
Chaos of the Phoenix
The Curse Breakers
Mermaids Above Water
The Time Turners
Veritaserum
Percival Ignatius

NEW SONGS
Blue and Bronze ("I Must Not Tell Lies")
Godric's Hollow ("The House of Black" and "The Deluminator")
Tonks and the Aurors ("Honorary Marauder," "The Black Family Tree," and "Disapparate With Me" at their supplemental page)
Split Seven Ways ("The Abandoned Boys of Hogwarts," "Four Letter Word," and "Stronger Than Imperio" at their supplemental page)
Thomas and Finnigan ("The Old D.A." demo)
Oh My Snitch! ("I Can Talk To Snakes" and "Sucking Souls")
The Hinky Punks ("This Silence Could Wake the Dead" demo)
The Cruciatus Curse ("Party Like You're Evil" DatM and Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rock Star" cover)
The Sugar Quills ("Slytherin Pride" and "Voldy dans le Maison")
Proverb of Puremuggles ("Kill James Potter")
Narcissa Black ("Lightning Struck Tower")
The Department of Rock (13 new songs in his music player on his Myspace page. Tracklisting here.)
The Hufflepunks ("The Sorting Skank")
Striking Down Diggory ("The Dark Lord and the Potter Boy" and "Opening the White Tomb")
The Purebloods ("Unbreakable Vow" and "The Song that Must Not Be Named" at their supplemental page)
Head and the Headbangers ("The Battle at Hogwarts")
The Sneakoscopes ("In Which Someone Untrustworthy is Around")
Catchlove ("Peter Pettigrew")
The Unforgiveable Curses ("Azkaban Prison Tattoos")
Hogwarts, A History ("Born To Be Mildly Rebellious (Work It, Neville)")
As I Lay Dobby ("Last Hope")
Siriusly Hazza P (four new songs!)
The Greybacks ("Witching Hour (A Werewolf's Lament)")
We-Who Must-Not-Be-Named ("I Finally Spoke")
Sally Slytherin ("Bellatrix")
Tonks! ("Snape Shaped Hole")
Creevy Crisis ("Mother's Eyes")

ALBUM NEWS
-The Weasel King generously posted downloadables of his entire album on his website. There are also a few other songs, so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity!
-DJ Luna Lovegood's latest album, Yellowish, is currently available for pre-orders. The album costs $5.00, with the option of simultaneously donating a few extra bucks to a women's health organization. A track list is here, and pre-orders should be sent out some time next week.
-Catchlove's Christmas EP is to be titled OMG! It's Christmas! (as announced in this blog).
-The Cruciatus Curse has decided that any of the group's albums can now be purchased for any amount that the buyer chooses. Digital files or a physical copy can be bought, and the link to do so can be found in this blog.
-Creevey Crisis has released an album on MySpace called Moving Pictures and Memories that can be downloaded for free via the band's main and supplemental pages. Go here for lyrics, track notes, and tons of other information about the project.
-RiddleTM recently put up a blog letting fans know that a CD titled Secrets of the Darkest Art is underway!

TOUR/SHOW NEWS
-Tonks and the Aurors would like your help finding places in Illinois to book shows. You can find the details of the request here, in a MySpace blog.
-Matt, aka The Whomping Willows, is going full-steam-ahead with the idea of a House Party Tour. For details, a tentative schedule, and information about the latest t-shirt design contest, check out this blog.
-Terminus, the Harry Potter symposium scheduled for next summer in Chicago, has announced Wrock Chicago, a wizard rock event that is sure to go down in history. Multiple stages, more than two dozen bands... who's psyched? For complete details, you can read the press release here.
-Snidget posted a blog on MySpace with info for three November shows on the East Coast.
-The Remus Lupins have updated the group's Weekly Blog (viewable here) with several new tour dates for October.

Again, I'm very sorry for not having time for the Wrap-Up last week. Before you go recover from this Uber Wrap-Up, though, we really hope that you will take a moment to vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites List, and to vote for The WRock Club on Podcast Alley. Doing these things helps spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general to those who have yet to hear about it!

Peace, love, and wrock everyone,
Becca

Hey, everyone! It's another week gone by. Fight off any Death Eaters you may be facing in your life with lots of new wrock news:

NEW BANDS
Priori Incantatem
Proverb of Puremuggles
Luna the Lovegood
Split Seven Ways
Hermione and the Mudbloods
The Doxies
The Sneakoscopes
Arnold and the Pygmy Puffs

NEW SONGS
The Chinese Chomping Cabbages ("Just Don't Ask" and "Harry Changed My Life")
Episkey ("Helium Balloon")
Tonks and the Aurors ("Dear Remus" on their supplemental page)
Catchlove ("Legacy of the Fallen Wizard")
The Sirius Black Attack ("Sirius Black")
The Department of Rock ("The Battle of Hogwarts")
The Greybacks ("Muggle Blood Feast")
Hallows and Horcruxes ("Slytherin")
The Marauders ("The Hogwarts Ghost Ballet" and "Transformation Interlude")
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Molly's Song to Fred")
The Halfblood Princess ("Filthy Little Mudblood," "Hear Me," and "Potions 101")
Striking Down Diggory ("I'd Hit That")
Dumbledore's Army: The Band ("Blowin' Up Aunt Marge")
The Purebloods ("I Miss You")
RiddleTM ("Draco")
The Unspeakables (three HatP covers on the band's supplemental page: "The Weapon," "The Human Hosepipe," and "Save Ginny Weasley")
Accio Wizard Rock ("Lily, I Love You")
Miss Metamorphagus ("What Am I Feeling?")
Blue and Bronze ("Another Mistake")
Neville's Diary ("Oh Pomona" and "The Family Name")

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details!)
-Striking Down Diggory's debut album, Sever Us from Severus, is going to be released on October 17th, and the group is now accepting pre-orders via their MySpace profile! The first seven pre-orders will also receive a bonus disc, entitled Accio Acoustic.
-A debut CD entitled Ravenclaw's Real Colors has been announced by Blue and Bronze. It will hopefully be out by the end of the year, and you can read more information about it (including a potential track list) here.
-Potter Noyz's music is now available on iTunes.

TOUR/SHOW NEWS (please see groups' sites for details!)
-There's a new wrock event in the works! Magus is in the early planning stages, and will take place next spring in the West Virginia area. Check out the Magus website for information on how to participate.
-PotterRocks, the UK wizard rock fest, has opened up ticket sales online. Featuring at least five UK wrock bands, be sure to check this event out!
-Tonks and the Aurors have announced shows (info here), as have Mirror of Erised (info here) and Our New Celebrity (info here).
-The Whomping Willows has a finalized list of tour dates in Whompy's latest blog, and also floats an idea about a strictly-house party tour.

PODCASTS
-The Wizrocklopedia's podcast, WRock Club, has released Episode 14! Show notes can be found here, and it can be direct downloaded by clicking here. For more information, check out this news post.
-Wrockvolution, a new podcast, has a live concert episode with lots of your favorite groups which can be downloaded here.

As always, we really hope that you will take a moment to vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. These things help spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Peace, love and wrock,
Becca

NEW BANDS
Grim Defeat
Hogwarts
MC Lady Lumos
Neville's Diary
Erised
Tentacle Brains
Into the Pensieve
The Purebloods

NEW SONGS
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Narcissa's Song" and "Rosmerta's Song")
Hogwarts, A History ("Draco Learned To Play Guitar In His Basement")
The Department of Rock ("Ginny Weasley")
Tentacle Brains ("Sometimes")
Gred and Forge ("Won-Won")
Striking Down Diggory ("Still Poking Hufflepuffs" and "Princess of Snakes")
Tonks! ("Dark Mark Deepens")
Tonks and the Aurors ("In Which Tonks Loses Her Cool")
The Purebloods ("Toujours Pur")
Wingardium Leviosa ("Lupin Gave Me A Chocolate Frog")
Catchlove ("It's Snowing," "Wake Up Harry," and an untitled song)
Hogwarts ("Norbert")
Creevey Crisis ("Dear Tom")
Remus and the Lupins ("Wizards Who Died")
Sally Slytherin ("Hide and Go Die")
The Whomping Willows ("Hey Remus")

LYRICS
-Ministry of Magic has posted all of their lyrics for fans, and they can be found here.
-The Weasel King has posted a blog with the lyrics to two songs, in which he also discusses the meaning behind said songs.
-The Morphing Werewolves has two blogs with song lyrics: here and here.
-Lyrics for MC Lady Lumos' "To Dumbledore" can be found here.
-Potter Noyz has three new sets of lyrics for fans to enjoy!

BLOG UPDATES
-The Whomping Willows posted this huge blog update with several big announcements, including the addition of The Mudbloods, The Butterbeer Experience, and Fred and George to the Cheap Rent family. Whompy also included new information about International Wizard Rockers Union and his Halloween tour. For all the news, head over here!
-In another blog posted later in the week, Whompy announced another charity auction and that his first self-titled album will be re-released on iTunes!
-Ministry of Magic Music posted a music video for "Escape from Azkaban" in this blog, and the winner of their music video contest in this blog.

Last but not least, please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. By taking just a couple minutes to do these things you spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Peace, love and wrock,
Becca

Hiya, everyone! You know what you should do right now? Go read the Wizrocklopedia's exclusive interview with Harry and the Potters, Harry and the Potters DISH! Paul and Joe kindly sat down to answer some of our burning questions about hot dogs, Wandicorn, and the HP Alliance, so thank you to them for doing that, and we hope you all enjoy the interview.

This past week featured lots of new songs and bands, and tons of album news, so everyone is encouraged to take a break from whatever they're doing and just wrock out for a while!

NEW BANDS
Angelina and the Chasers
The Halfblood Princess
Pixie
Episkey
The Decoy Detonators
Loony's Tunes
Snapegasm
The Acid Pops
Oh My Snitch!

NEW SONGS
As I Lay Dobby ("Farewell")
Creevey Crisis ("Without You")
Gred and Forge ("My Ear is Not Here")
Blast Ended Screwts ("Fire and Lightning")
Tonks and the Aurors ("Don't Call Me" and "My Patronus")
Lovegood A Cappella ("Loony Lovegood Doesn't Care")
Snape Plays Guitar ("For Lily (The Prince's Tale)")
Marked As His Equal ("The Wrock Show")
The Butterbeer Experience ("Taboo")
Blue and Bronze ("The Neglected House: Ravenclaw")
The Chinese Chomping Cabbages ft. The Department of Rock (demo of "I Understand")
How Airplanes Fly ("John and Amy (The Story Of)" and "Snape's Demo")
Shades of Lily (demo called "Wrock Vixen")
Grim Defeat ("Love Life of Lav")
Sally Slytherin ("Trilingual")
The Chocolate Frogs ("Hello Harry")
Imperius! At the Broomsticks ("Neville")
Justin Finch Fletchley and the Sugar Quills ("(I don't want) Steak and Kidney Pie (I want pizza pie)")
Edgar and the Family Bones ("Such He Was Made")
Thestral ("Flight of the Thestral")
The Nifflers ("Wizard's Lullaby")
Tonks and the Aurors ("T is for Trouble" can be found on the group's supplemental page)
theTONKS ("Christmas Magic")
Tonks! ("I'm a Scaly Monster That Lives In Harry Potter's Chest")
The Department of Rock ("A Sirius Song")
Hogwarts ("Be My Friend")
Honeydukes' Finest ("Questions for Quirrell")
Hogwarts Trainwreck ("Mollywobbles")

-"Ode to the Minor Characters" from Ginny and the Heartbreakers, "Prerequisites" from The Parselmouths, and "Never Going to the Bathroom Again" from Harry and the Potters can be found on the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club's mp3 page.

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Danny Dementor has made his album, Where's Your Hood At?, available for purchase on his MySpace page.
-The Unspeakables have released their debut album, and it can be bought for $7 in their native Australia, or for $9.50 for anywhere else in the world.
-Hogwarts, A History's EP, Throwing the Gnome, can be downloaded from the band's MySpace. Hard copies are still available by request.
-Godric's Hollow has made their debut EP, Peverell, available for free download. The first four tracks are on their MySpace profile, and the final three can be located on their Purevolume page.
-The Whomping Willows announced that a third full-length album is in the works, to be titled Party Like You're Neville. For potential song titles, check out this blog.
-The next two EPs for the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Clubare set to be mailed out at the end of September. There are only about 100 spots left in the Club, so join soon if you haven't already!
-It was announced by the Men of Ministry of Magic that the groups debut album, The Triwizard LP, is number 59 on the Top Electronic Albums on iTunes. Evidence that wizard rock is taking over the world? I certainly think so.
-DJ Luna Lovegood's next CD, Yellowish, is going ot released on October 10th for $8 plus shipping and handling. She also announced plans for a compilation album whose proceeds will benefit a to-be-determined women's health organization.

Last but not least, please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. By taking just a couple minutes to do these things you spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Peace, love and wrock,
Becca

School is back in session most places (I think?), but that doesn't seem to be able to stop the wrock. Here's your Weekly Wrock Wrap-Up to keep you up to speed with all of the latest song releases, album news, and more.

NEW BANDS
Lily
Muggle Studies
The Lupine Encounter
The Sugar Quills
Creevey Crisis
The Sirius Black Attack
As I Lay Dobby
Potter Noyz

NEW SONGS
Dobby and the House Elves ("Dobby is Wrockstar," "Love Song for Winky," and "Go Dobby Go")
HAGRID ("When You Say Nothing At All")
The Wizard Angst ("Teddy")
RiddleTM ("For Jo," "Ode to Voldemort," and "Beans")
Harry Potter and the Magic of Music ("Bring Back Richard Harris")
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Hermione")
The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ("Occlumency Lessons")
The Plug Collector ("Theme Song for a Desperate Muggle")
The Horcruxes ("song7")
The Butterbeer Experience ("Greater Good")
Striking Down Diggory ("The Death of Hagrid," "Pushing Magic," and a cover of Draco and the Malfoys' "Your Family is Poor" called "Your Family is Dead")
The Giant Squids ("Quidditch," "Salazar Slytherin," and "Snape, I'll Miss You")
Sally Slytherin ("Deathly Hallows Rock!" can be found on the supplemental page)
The Hinky Punks ("Red Headed Love Slave")
Hogwarts Trainwreck ("Don't Cry for Neville," "Hormones Hit Hogwarts," and "Half a Giant")
The Moaning Myrtles ("Emo Guy")
Catchlove ("Wake Up, Harry")
Blue and Bronze ("There's No Ravenclaw Password")
Severus and the Death Eaters ("Show Me The Enchanted Ceiling")
Dumbledore's Army: The Band ("The Beginning of the Deaths" and "The Quest for the Deathly Hallows")
The Chinese Chomping Cabbages ("Fighting A Losing Battle")
Miss Metamorphmagus ("Sirius")
Hallows and Horcruxes ("We Hate Hagrid")
The Hufflepunks ("The Life and Groove of Albus Dumbledore")
The Cruciatus Curse ("Avadakadabra")

TOUR/SHOW NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-The Chinese Chomping Cabbages are planning a Midwest tour for November, so email Cabby with venue ideas or other such things at cccabbages@yahoo.com, and be sure to read this blog about it.
-Tonks and the Aurors and Godric's Hollow are looking for places to play in September or early October in the Chicago area, so get in touch with them if you can help out.
-The Henrietta Public Library in Rochester, NY is going to be wrocked by The Chinese Chomping Cabbages, The Butterbeer Experience, and Snidget on November 17th.
-Saturday, September 8th will feature a show by Hollow Godric, Catchlove, and Thomas and Finnigan at Bethany Lakes Clubhouse in Dallas, TX. Go here for more info.
-Videos from lots and lots of performances from this summer can be seen in this massive blog from Catchlove.

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Catchlove will be releasing two new CDs before the end of the year: an acoustic album, and a Christmas EP. Get psyched.
-Ministry of Magic's debut album, The Triwizard LP, is now available for purchase on iTunes! The CD costs $9.99, and hard copies are also still being sold on the band's MySpace.
-The Butterbeer Experience has three songs that can be bought for $0.99 on the band's profile.

Last but not least, please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. By taking just a couple minutes to do these things you spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Keep on wrockin',
Becca

Hey, guys! You know what's going to be totally awesome? The Wrockstock Spooktacular, that's what. And if you're interested in procurring some free tickets to the October 26-28 wrock fest in Potosi, Missouri, then visit this page for details on the multimedia Wizrocklopedia Wrockstock Spooktacular Giveaway. We're giving away three passes, and the contest deadline is September 10th, so check it out and start getting creative.

Episode 16 of WZRD was released this past week, and it features the Wizrocklopedia's own Lizz talking about Prophecy and more. You can directly download the episode by clicking here, or find details on how to subscribe on the podcast's website.

Every time I think wizard rockers couldn't possibly create more music in the space of one week, you guys seem to do it. So, here are the lists, and enjoy the massive amount of wrock August 19-25 had to offer.

NEW BANDS
Godric's Hollow
Horcrux For Cutie
RiddleTM
Voldemort and the Death Eaters
The Wizard Angst
Moon Over Hermione

NEW SONGS
Thomas and Finnigan ("This Keeper's a Keeper")
Lovegood A Cappella ("Evil and "Luna's Song")
Honeydukes' Finest ("Dumbledore's Army")
Tonks! ("Emerson")
The Butterbeer Experience ("Alone")
Hallows and Horcruxes ("Umbridge, We Hate You" and "Quidditch")
Godric's Hollow ("The Hogwarts School Song")
expecto patrAWESOME! ("Alchio Intoxicus" and "Hufflepuff is Made for Mediocre Wizard Children")
Scarlet Women ("Ginny's Flood of Boys")
The Hinky Punks ("Tragedies and Melodies")
Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Band ("Ode to Oliver")
Hogwarts, A History ("Let's Fall In Love")
The Half Bloods ("Side by Side")
Hogwarts Trainwreck ("Back to Hogwarts")
Riddle TM ("Look at Me")
The Flitterblooms ("Neville and Luna")
The Gringotts Grrls ("Deep Underground")
Siriusly Hazza P ("The Malfoy is a Jerk" and "Why Abduct the…")
Destination Hogwarts ("Azkaban Blues")
Sally Slytherin ("The Boy Who Doesn't Deserve to Live" and "Snake Charmer")
The Hufflepunks ("The Prophet")
The Ladies of Azkaban Swimsuit Calendar ("Moi Non Plus" and "Run Jump…")
HAGRID ("For Your Love")
Our New Celebrity ("Luna")
The Unspeakables ("MuggleCast is Awesome")

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Lena of the The Butterbeer Experience shared in a blog that she hopes to release a CD next year tentatively titled "Non-Alcoholic" or "Wrock Rocks."
-Album plans were also announced by Snape Plays Guitar, and can be read in this blog.
-The Owl Post has sold out of their album "Nocturnes," but ask you to contact them if you are interested in getting a cheap, burned copy.
-Remus and the Lupins has sent out a call (howl?) for werewolf drawings to be used for album art. Find details in this blog.

TOUR/SHOW NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Potterwatch! needs help! If you know of a venue in the Pittsburgh, PA area that is longing to be wrocked on August 31st, contact the band ASAP.
-Details of wrock performances for Portus and Terminus are slowly coming out, and you can view these two news posts for more info, but be sure to stay tuned for further announcements!
-Potter Rocks 2007 will officially be the UK's first wizard rock fest. More than half a dozen awesome bands will be performing!

MEDIA
-MuchMusic Channel in Canada featured wrock in two segments last week, viewable here and here.

As usual, we ask you to please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. By taking just a couple minutes to do these things you spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Peace, love and wrock,
Becca

Sorry about missing a week, everyone. You know how busy things get! But to make up for it, here's an UBER WRAP-UP, covering everything from the past two weeks. Get ready to have your socks wrocked off.

NEW SONGS
Marked as His Equal (ft. Devin of The Owl Post) ("A Different Kind")
Miss Metamorphmagus ("Without You")
The Parselmouths ("The Next Generation")
The Hinky Punks ("Wizard Rock Zero")
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Yellow")
Obliviate! ("Wishes")
The Sectumsempras ("Preview")
Sectumsempra Effect ("The Veil")
Loony and the Lovegoods ("Meeting Ronald")
The Fleur Delacours (new version of "Anthem to Veela Rock")
Hogwarts Trainwreck ("Hermione Might Be Hot" and "Hormones Hit Hogwarts")
The Department of Rock ("The Mystery of the Nargles")
Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons ("Battle Song For a House-Elf" and "Myrtle*Romilda")
The Gringotts Grrls ("Gilderoy")
Voldemort and The Sectumsempras ("Crucio (The Pleasure of Pain)")

NEW BANDS
Severus & The Death Eaters
The Auror Dawlish
The Butterbeer Experience
Dobby & the House Elves
Dumbledores Army
The Flitterblooms
Gilderoy and the Lockharts
LetriX
Lovegood A Cappella
Moon Over Hermione
The Morphing Werewolves
The Pensive Pensieves
The Pygmy Puffs
S.P.E.W.
Trouble With Time Turners
Diggin the Diggory
Dumbledore's Army: The Band
Harry Potter Love Song
The Half Bloods
Honeydukes Finest
The Princess of Hogwarts
The Ticklish Pears
Tonks and the Aurors
Tonks!

MUSIC VIDEO NEWS

-Lord Voldi and the Dark Marks released a video for their song "Crucio", and Basilisk has also put one out for the song "Such a Tease".

-A blog from Ministry of Magic let fans know about a music video contest.

ALBUM NEWS

-A blog from The Chinese Chomping Cabbages announced plans for a new wrock compilation called Wrocking on the Borderline, proceeds to benefit the Borderline Personality Disorder Research Center.

-The Fleur Delacours are working on a CD to be called Fleurtatious.
-The Mudbloods have posted a blog with info, including a track-list, for their EP Animals That Have Left Me.

TOUR/SHOW NEWS

-While on tour with The Whomping Willows, The Remus Lupins' van was broken into by Death Eaters and lots of money and several iPods were stolen. You are all encouraged to help them out by going to their shows and buying their CDs and merch!

BLOG UPDATES
-Molly, of Roonil Wazlib, wrote a massive blog entry detailing her wrock experiences during the Summer of Awesome and her plans for the coming school year. Containing photos, links to videos, new lyrics, and more, everyone should definitely check it out.
-Whompy has posted several blogs detailing what happened to a friend of his, named Alex, when she tried to exercise her right to free assembly in Rhode Island. Contact Matt to find out some ways to help, or at the very least share Alex's story with someone else.

PRESS

The Star
The Times-Picayune
City Paper

As usual, we ask you to please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites list, and to vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. By taking just a couple minutes to do these things you spread the word about our site and about wizard rock in general, and the more people that hear about wrock, the better!

Until next week, guys, here's wishing you lots of peace, love, and wrock!
Becca

The LA Times recently posted a sort of guide to wizard rock on their website. The piece includes photo galleries and short descriptions of several of the more well known bands, including rating their "gimmick factors". The article can be read here.

There's only one day left, but if you're at Prophecy and haven't checked out our Wizard Rock Itinerary yet, make sure you do! Scavenger hunts, informal concerts, pool parties... Lots of fun to be had!

AlleyCast and the Wizrocklopedia got married! We'll be teaming up a lot from now on to bring you the latest in wizard rock happenings. Check out Episode 19 for more details, but please note that the podcast is intended for older listeners.

NEW BANDS
Potterwatch (not technically a new group, but the new name for the band formerly known as Seamus and Dean)
Loony and the Lovegoods
The Rowenas
The Le Stranges
Sally Slytherin
Sectumsempra Effect
Imperius! at the Broomsticks
Striking Down Diggory

NEW SONGS
The Bludger Kids ("Daily Prophet")
Potterwatch ("Quidditch is Simple" and "Oh, Cho Chang")
Obliviate! ("Obliviate" and "Memories")
Miss Metamorphmagus ("I'm a Ravenclaw")
Hermione and the Know-It-Alls ("Ron's Kinda Cute")
Potter and the Lightning Bolts ("Hermione")
Hank Green ("Accio Deathly Hallows," which can be downloaded here)
The Gryffindor Common Room Rejects ("Part of Me")
The Sugar Quills ("Voldemort's Clutches" and "Snitch Demo")
Loony and the Lovegoods ("Thestrals" and )
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Merope's Song," "A Song for Cedric," and "Ginny's Song")

TOUR/SHOW NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Harry and the Potters have outlined a spoiler policy for their shows, to ensure that no fan gets DH ruined for them.
-Hollow Godric are making plans for the group's first-ever show, and want your input! Check out this blog entry.
-Pictures from Whompy's tour can be found in a MySpace album on his profile.

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details)
-Potterwatch's debut full-length EP, Wrock and Rowl, can be purchased on their MySpace page, and there are plans for a second one to be released in Fall.
-The Owl Post have lowered the price of their album, and warns fans that supply may run out soon.
-Mirror of Erised has begun work on the group's second album, How to Make an American Wand. Their self-titled first album can currently be purchased on their MySpace page.
-Welcome to the House of Awesome by The Whomping Willows and Party Like You're Evil! by Draco and the Malfoys are both now available on iTunes.
-The track list for One More Peaceful Day, the compilation album put together by The Bandon Banshees, can be found at this blog entry.

Last but not least, please vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA's Top Sites, and vote for the WRock Club on Podcast Alley. Doing these small things helps spread the word about our site and expose more people to the awesomeness that is wizard rock!

Have a good week, guys! I hope everyone gets back from Prophecy safely!
Becca