Read the rest here: Accio Bodyguard Tour Diary: Episode 4.

Previous episodes can be found right here!
-The fifth installment of the Accio Bodyguard Tour Diary is up now!

"At some point, we realized that we had hit a bird with our tour vehicle (which we named with Kristina, Bubbles the Nerdfighting Wannabe Bus That Could) and it was just kind of hanging out on the front of the car. We named the yellow and black tour sacrifice Cedric Diggory and mourned in the parking lot."

Read the rest of the blog by clicking here. Previous installments are located here.

"There are basically no words to describe how incredible Wrockstock was. Nina flew in for the weekend so I got to see my best friend again, and that made me really happy. I actually woke up the day we were going to Potosi, MO with almost no voice and I still am managing to hold onto that fraction of a voice I need to sing. It also miraculously came back just for our Moaning Myrtles set on Saturday. Thankfully."

Previous installments can be found here. To read the entire third installment, click here.

NEW WROCK ALBUM NEWS
-The Whomping Willows' latest EP is for sale online while supplies last. This limited edition disc was created especially for Wrockstock, but extra copies remain. Get it for just $8.50 by visiting The Whomping Willows' page!
-Kingsley and the Shacklebolts' debut album is available for sale on their MySpace page.
-The Remus Lupins' has been proclaimed "officially done" in a recent blog. The album is entitled Nevermind the Furthermore. A track listing is available as well.

NEW WROCK VIDEO
-Chasing Quaffles has started putting up concert footage on YouTube. Click here to check it out. 

NEW WROCK EVENTS
-Wizard and Witchcraft Entertainment will be putting on a Wizard Weekend, taking place on two different occasions. The first Wizard Weekend will take place on July 19 and 20 at the Southern Connecticut Renaissance Faire in Ansonia, CT with bands such as Bella and le Strangers, Mary and the GrandPres, The Struggle of a Muggle, Hawthorn and Holly, and The Chinese Chomping Cabbages.
The second Wizard Weekend will take place on August 23 and 24 at the New York Renaissance Fair in Tuxedo, NY with the following bands performing: Bella and le Strangers, Celestial Warbottom, Nagini, Potter Ink, The Peverall Sisters, and Mary and the GrandPres.
-There will be a Wizard's Ball on November 8 at the Portuguese American Club in Lodi, NJ with bands such as Filthy Little Mudbloods, Order of Merlin, Swish and Flick, Nimbus 9million, Padfoot and Prongs, and Nagini.
......Check out the Wizard and Witchcraft Entertainment's blog for information on those events!

NEW WROCK INTERVIEWS
-142 Staircases has been interviewed on Atriumcast. Check their interview out.

     Thirty-seven is apparently the magical number. At least, that’s how many virius it took for my computer to go completely dead. And two hundred and four must also be a magical number. That’s how many spyware devices were on my hard drive. 
     It’s been a week since it died, and I’ve finally been able to grab a computer at the public library. Really freaky people come here. Right now, I’m sitting next to some fat guy and some really skinny goth girl. Freaky, freaky, freaky.
      Anyways, I’ll do my best to keep up with the Wrap-ups, since from now on, I’m being drived up to the public library to work on homework. Rather than just making one post with all the news that I missed since my computer went on the fritz, I’m going to just post it in weekly segments....or at least as weekly as I can get.  
     Thankfully, my computer will be back in shape by next weekend or so.Wish me luck on fixing it up, and check out the news that you might or might not have missed in the Wrock world:


NEW BANDS
Filthy Little Mudbloods
A Bludger to the Head
Hawthorn and Holly
The Mandrakes
25 Hour Unicorn Diner
Wild Magic
The Tonks and Lupine Experience
The Warrior of Time
The Acid Pops
The Expelliarmusses

NEW SONGS
Potter Ink ("Burping Up Slugs")
Weezard ("Myrtle Is A Girl.")
RiddleTM ("Allegiance")
The Vanishing Cabinet ("Another Rule on the Wall" and "Magic")
Wild Magic ("The Battle of Hogwarts")
Basilisk In Your Pasta ( "Bad Guy")
Luna’s Ceiling ("Voice Beyond the Veil")
Blue and Yellow Wand ("Weasley Love Circle")
Chaos of the Phoenix ("Rules of Engagement")
2 Cauldrons and a Broomstick ("I Don’t Tell Lies")
Hallows and Horcruxes ("Always on my Mind.")
Wrackspurt ("Accepted (LIVE)" and "Floo Powder")
50 Points From Slytherin ("Fantasy")

NEW WROCK BLOG UPDATES AND VLOG UPDATES
-Creevey Crisis has a new vlog up. This time, he continues his studio and recording demonstrations with his second session, this time about guitars. Click here to check it out.
-Another episode of Guys Who Wrock has been released. In this episode, Jarrod of Gred and Forge is featured. Jarrod lets viewers know what he’s reading and listening to and introduces some new, enlightening segments.

NEW WROCK ALBUM NEWS
-The Whomping Willows announced that his compilation album, Wizards and Muggles rock for Social Justice is now available for purchase on iTunes. Half of the proceeds benefit the HP Alliance.
-Tonks and the Aurors has posted a blog detailing a compilation album she is organizing to benefit To Write Love on Her Arms. Read the blog for more details and info on how to submit a track!
-Alas, Earwax! has a preview of his upcoming album, Alas, Earwax! and the Power of Luck and More Talented Friends. The song is "Pointy Hats". You can watch it here.

NEW WROCK VIDEO
-Lena of The Butterbeer Experience has put online the video she will be sending to Warner Bros. in her attempt to be included in the composing of the Deathly Hallows movie soundtrack. You can watch it here.

NEW WROCK PODCASTS
-The Quaffle Kids were interviewed for Luna’s Wrockcast. Topics include the band as well as their film project, Harvey Putter. You can hear it here.
-Jack from peeved gave Atriumcast Wizard Rock Style. You can download it here.
-On Sonorus, an Australian Harry Potter podcast, an interview with Wizrocklopedia’s Lizz as well as music from Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls and The Remus Lupins was featured in their eighth episode. Click here to download it.

NEW WROCK INTERVIEWS
-Jarrod of Gred and Forge, one of our Bands of the Month, recently was interviewed by Wizrocklopedia staff member Kristen. Go be Wrockawesome and read the interview here. After that, go check out some of his music.
-Steph of Tonks and the Aurors gave the Wizrocklopedia her  Bands of the Month interview. (Interview was conducted by staff member Debora, *cough, cough* Me. *cough, cough*)  Find out about solo artist Steph’s opinions on aurors, reaction to Tonk’s death, thoughts on touring, and her love for Bruce Springsteen. Check it out here.

THE WROCKERS’ HELP WANTED
-Jon, from Sue and the Hufflepuffs, is, "...accepting song submissions for languages other than English! It will be used on an album yet to be released, and will naturally feature your name as the lyricist." Visit this blog for more information.
-Tom Riddle and Friends would like your help writing a paper on the HP fandom in hopes to prove that it’s a "discourse community." You can find a list of questions in this blog, the answers to which can be sent to the band via email.

WROCK PRESS RELEASES
-Wizard rock’s first official invasion of a sci-fi con was announced on March 26! Read the press release here!
-"Welcome to Hogsmeade", the first ever Wisconsin Harry Potter festival, has been announced to be held on August 4th, 2008! Read the press release here!

AND LAST, BUT NEVER LEAST.......
-Harry Potter Alliance have a t-shirt design contest running - check out the details in their MySpace blog here.
-Swish and Flick have made their songs downloadable for one week only.


Until next week, keep on Wrockin’,
-Debora

From us to you, as an early Easter gift: a Wrockawesome Wrocky Wrock Wrap-up!

NEW SONGS
Hogwarts, A History ("Once In A Blue Moon")
Spinner’s End ("Beneath the Table")
Mary and the Grandpres ("Oh No Cho")
Hollow Godric ("In A Breath of Winter")
Tonks! ("Father Like Son")
Mermaids Above Water ("Jig")
Slytherin Sweethearts ("Ode to Trelawny")
Fred Lives ("Not Like Him")
Hawthorn and Holly ( "Fizzing Whizbees, Baby")
Split Seven Ways ("Halfblood Prince (No One Knows My Secrets But You).")
The Prefect People ("First Day at Hogwarts" with instrumentals done by Dj AcCiO. )
Ministry of Magic ("Dance Time")
Krum Viddy ( "Hogwarts School Song.")
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Lucius Be A Man.")


NEW BANDS
Filthy Little Mudbloods
A Bludger to the Head
Hawthorn and Holly
The Mandrakes
25 Hour Unicorn Diner
Wild Magic
The Tonks and Lupine Experience
The Warrior of Time
The Acid Pops
The Expelliarmusses


NEW WROCK ALBUM NEWS
-Obliviate! has made her new album Forgetting What I Remembered available for download here. Liner notes can be found in her blog.
-Weezard has made an EP available for download on the band’s main MySpace page.

And like always, go vote for the Wizrocklopedia on HPANA’s Top Sites List, and to vote for The WRock Club on Podcast Alley. 

Until next week, keep on Wrockin’,
-Debora

For this Wrap-Up, you don’t just get seven days, but eight! What a treat!


NEW SONGS
The Department of Rock ("The Last Enemy (That Shall Be Destroyed Is Death)")
Potter Noyz ("A Million Gold Galleons")
Ollivander ("Mars (Evil Lurks About)")
The Curse Breakers ("Erised,")
Thomas and Finnigan ("In These Woods")
The Vanishing Cabinet (Not Another Girl in Line (Romilda’s Obsession)", avaliable on their supplemental page.) 
Spinners End ( "Tobias" and "My Mother’s Books")
Krum Viddy ("I Hate That You Love Me Instead Of Me")
The Department of Rock ("If Gamp’s Law Didn’t Exist We Could Feed The World, We Could Release A Single")
Creevey Crisis ("Tiny in Death DEMO")
Severus and the Snapes ("Wicked (Or Am I)")
Hawthorn & Holly ("Fizzing Whizbees, Baby")
Ministry of Magic’s Jason to revealed his "solo" song, featuring assistance from Christian of Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls. It’s called "Forever Together".
Treacle Tart with guitar from Jake Niffler ("Standing Strong")
Mary and the GrandPres ("Viva la Revolution")
DJ Luna Lovegood ("Hey XENO!")
Split Seven Ways ("Every Star In the Sky")
Snidget ("Always Remember")
The Slug Club ("A Tribute to the Dark Lord" and "For the Love of Dumbledore")
Celestina Warbeck ("You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me")
Blue and Yellow Wand ("Harry Potter Demo")


NEW WROCK VIDEO
-Last week, the Ministry of Magic informed us about their two new interns. Ryan and Mark performed for their "audition song" with the of original band members Jason, Aaron, and Luke at the Hallows and Horcruxes Ball Saturday. Click here to watch them perform.
-Two trailers for the Wizard Rockumentary have been released! Check it out here! And here!
-Accio Bodyguard, featuring Lauren of The Moaning Myrtles, and Lena of The Butterbeer Experience, have posted a video for their namesake song "Accio Bodyguard". The video can be found here.


THE WROCKERS’ HELP WANTED
-Lena of The Butterbeer Experience is writing to Warner Brothers in hopes that she can be involved in the writing of the classical music for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but is in need of at least 1000 signatures. For more information on how to help her out, check out her blog or join the facebook group.
-Tonks! need help regarding their May 17th show at the San Francisco Library. The library is interested in having a few bands playing and any bands that are interested in joining the bill should send the band a message over at their MySpace.
-Swish and Flick is looking for places to play in Canada and New York. More information can be found here.


ALBUM NEWS
-After Split Seven Ways’ Zoe purchases her Wrockstock ticket and corresponding Knight Bus pass, all sales for her album Wormwood & Wolfsbane will go to the charity organization known as BEAT. Artwork for the album can be viewed here.
-dj Hallows has announced that his album entitled There’s Always 3 Sides to A Story  will be released on April 4th. Artwork can be viewable here.
-The Weasel King plans on having a CD ready for Wrockstock. The EP will include previously released favorites and perhaps some songs we haven’t heard. For the full announcement click here.
-The Wizarding World have finished their first EP, Hogwarts: Songs from the Books. It’s free and available now for download!
-My Scars Speak Volumes from Marked As His Equal is once again available for purchase.
-Matt of The Whomping Willows announced that he will be contributing to the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club an album of the "hip hop" genre and is to be called Treestylin’. For details, check out his blog entry.
-Dj AcCio will be releasing an album called A Collection of Wrock and Jazz.
-Lord of the Strings have made their album First Year Students available for download. The album can be downloaded here.
-Zoe from Split Seven Ways has posted a blog with a complete track listing for the Wrock Beat compilation she is putting together.


WROCK BLOG UPDATES
-The eighth installment of the The Whomping Willows’ video blog has been released. Check it out here.
  And in other Whomping Willows news, Greg from Hogwarts Trainwreck writes about the Whomp the House show he attended in Washington (click here) and Rae of Chaos of the Phoenix writes about the tour’s stop in Idaho (click here).
-Matt has posted a blog with some very important information involving five upcoming Whomping Willows shows. Check that out.
-DJ Luna Lovegood has a new list of tour dates. Go check out their blog for the list.
-Ginny and the Heartbreakers have posted a new blog encouraging folks to head to their show in Champaign, IL which will feature the first live appearance of band member Andrea.
-Fred and George the Band has posted a new blog with information regarding her upcoming tour dates, including a short stint on the Whomp the House Tour.
-The Chinese Chomping Cabbages have also posted a new blog with some information about some possible upcoming shows.



AND LAST, BUT NEVER LEAST....
-GriffinClaw Productions announced on March 11 that the Wizard Rockumentary will be screening not only at Portus but also at Terminus. Megan and Mallory Schuyler, the two in charge of the film, will also be participating in a panel about women in wizard rock during the symposium.
-More news from the Wizard Rockumentary was announced the following day that the finished Wizard Rockumentary will be premiering in the filmmakers’ hometown of Spokane, WA at 11:59PM on April 11th, 2008!

        "We felt nothing would be sweeter than to kick off our 2008 screening schedule with (in true Harry Potter fashion) a MIDNIGHT SHOWING at our very own historic Garland Theatre." They stated in their blog entry.

Another screening will take place the following day at the Spokane Public Library with a book drive and proceeds from tickets going toward Seattle based Page Ahead. On that night Marked As His Equal and Hogwarts Trainwreck will be performing. For more information on both screenings, as well as those taking place at Portus and Terminus, can be found on their website.

-Chasing Quaffles have posted a bulletin announcing that their song "Dumbledore’s Got Style" will be made available to download this weekend, as well as a bulletin with a link to their recent interview with Luna’s Wrockcast. The interview can be found here.


Oh, and 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. 


Until next week,
-Debora

AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST....
-This year’s Wizard Rock People’s Choice Awards were announced on March 2. Click here to see the results for yourself. Congratulations on all who won! Give a big virtual hug to the Wizrocklopedia staff members who spent hours counting votes! Especially the wonderful Liz! Next year we will be broadening the categories and hopefully making the process simpler.
-Kristina of The Parselmouths announced on March 5 that the Hallows and Horcruxes Ball at Kansas State College will be the last show in which she and band mate Brittany perform together as a band.

According to the announcement, "This isn’t really so much of a sad ending, as much as it is more of a new beginning. A Parselmouths Rennaissance, if you will... However, the biggest piece of news that I have to offer is that even though Brittany and I may not be writing new music or playing any more big shows together, the Parselmouths are not dead."

Read the rest of the announcement here.

On March 6, Kristina posted an addendum to yesterday’s announcement today. She writes,

"Brittany and I had a chat after we started getting comments from you guys, and apparently I seriously, seriously misunderstood her... Our show this Saturday at K State is going to be the last Kristina-Brittany Parselmouth show........ for awhile. But she’s not QUITTING... So really, what I meant was, there wont be any Kristina-Brittany shows in the lineup for a long while. Not forever. We’ve got to get that girl married before she can think about Harry Potter again... So really, it’s more of a Kristina-Brittany Parselmouth hiatus."

The remainder of the addendum can be read in their blog entry.

-Wizrocklopedia staff member Kristen talked to one of our two Bands of the Month for the month of February Tom Riddle and Friends. Click here for the interview.

Also, a HUGE Congratulations to the Bands of the Month for March: Gred and Forge and Tonks and the Aurors! Go take a listen!

Oh, and 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. 

Until next week, KEEP ON WROCKING,
-Debora

        When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you Wrock, WROCK OUT! And when life gives you a Weekly Wrap-up, READ IT! 
         Here’s your list wrapping up on the wrockyness of Wrock for this week, from the girl who is currently suffering from a lack of sleep! (Hence, the really odd introduction.)

NEW SONGS

Krum Viddy  ("The Walls of Durmstrang", for info about the song, go to their blog, and "Aidan Lynch".) 
RAB’s Locket (released an interesting remix using sound bytes from Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail film.)
The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ("Ravin’ In the Great Hall" for info of the song, go to their blog.)
Swish and Flick ("Pure Blood")
Split Seven Ways ("Conviction")
The Blibbering Humdingers ("I love you, Sirius Black", a rough demo)
The Gryffindor Common Room Rejects ("Neville Pwns", and also they have uploaded an improved version of their self-titled song)
The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ("Lovegood MoM Style", inspired by Ministry of Magic, and a remix of The Weasel King’s "Red Hair", you can download it here.)
Hogwarts, A History ("To Shout It From The Mountain Tops Wouldn’t Do It Justice", and a preview of "Luna’s Ballet (Of Pastels and Paints)")
The Halfblood Princess ("To the Beauty from the Beast")
The Griffins ("Bloody Striff")
The Cedric Diggorys  ("Friends")
Ministry of Magic ("However Far Away", for more info, visit their blog.)
The Cruciatus Curse ("The Quest")
Split Seven Ways ("Just Say It", lyrics here)
The Purebloods ("Knockturn Alley", lyrics here)
The Bezoar Project ("Lavender’s Lament")
Solitary Snape ( "A Snape Rap")
The Nifflers (released a new version of "The Burrow" and "Yet Another Song About Luna")
Luna’s Ceiling ("Loser’s Lurgy")
H.PIMP (released a cover of Danny Dementor’s "WHERE’S YOUR HOOD AT?")
Chaos of the Phoenix ("Wrockshow Virgin", notes here)
The Vanishing Cabinet ("Full Moon Rising" and "I’m Okay.")
The Halfblood Princess (released a cover of a Josie and the Pussycats song "You don’t see me.")
Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls (released a new version of the "OBatR MySpace Song.")


WROCK VLOG, BLOGS, AND VIDEO UPDATES (please see bands’ sites for details!)

-Steph from Tonks and the Aurors and Allie from The Chinese Chomping Cabbages are on the road. Their first installment of their video vlog from Lexington can be viewed here. Episode two and three are up, as well! Episode two contains photos of House of Black, and episode three has some footage of Snidget and Witherwings.

-The Whomping Willows have uploaded episodes five and six of their video blog. The Remus Lupins’ two and three accompany them.

-The Purebloods performed during a stop. A gallery of pics and a video of their performance are avalible in their latest blog.


ALBUM NEWS

-Straight Outta Hogwarts by The Cruciatus Curse is available on iTunes and Amazon for your convenience!
-Dobby and the House Elves released their first EP entitled Rock Out With Your Sock Out. It includes: "Dobby is a Wrockstar," "Go Dobby Go," and more! It costs $4.50 for Australian orders and $7 for international orders. You can buy it on their Myspace page.

THE WROCKERS’ HELP WANTED

-Want to be in a Wrock music video? Chasing Quaffles is working on a project called "Hogwarts Sisters".
       "All you have to do is film a video clip of yourself rockin’ out in your Harry Potter gear, send the video clip to us (in either a .mov, .wmv, or Mpeg file) and we’ll put it all together!" 
For more information, check out their blog.

-The Blibbering Humdingers are hoping to tour from North Carolina to Mississippi and are looking for venues.
         Band member Scott says, "I plan to stop around Birmingham or Tuscaloosa, AL on Mar 8 and again on Mar 16. I’m going to be near Lumberton, MS (about 90 min north of New Orleans) Mar 9-16. I’d be happy to drive to New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, or Hattiesburg on Mar 11, 13 or 16 for a show."
Contact them at wystle@ipass.net.

-Kingsley and the Shacklebolts will be filming a documentary called ’Wrock The Underground’ if they find fifteen "lesser known" wizard rock bands interested in appearing in the film. For more information, read their blog entry.


AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST.....

-The Weasel King made available for download seven tracks from the song "Red Hair" that you can remix yourself. Click here to start the remixing.

-A documentary about the Harry Potter fandom will premiere on March 8th as a part of the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. The film will also be shown on Tuesday March 11th as well as on Friday March 14th. Details on the screening locations is available here. More information on the film can be found on their website.
The film follows such wizard rockers as Order of Merlin, The Hungarian Horntails, The Whomping Willows, Draco and the Malfoys, and Harry and the Potters. Also included are other fandom peoples like Melissa Anelli from The Leaky Cauldron and Brad Neely, creator of Wizard People, Dear Reader.

        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.

Until next week, keep on wrockin’,
     -Debora

NEW BANDS

Imperio on the Rocks
ENERVATE
The Potter Rockers
Kingsley and the Shacklebolts

NEW SONGS

Potter Noyz  ("The Bravest Man I Ever Knew") Lyrics can be found here.
peeved  ("Ode to Voldemort" a remix of RiddleTM's)
DJ Luna Lovegood ("At the Close", inspired by Concrete Blond's "Tomorrow Wendy")
Chaos of the Phoenix ("When You Say Nothing")
The Unexpected Patronums ("Bloody Hell, Hermione's a Girl!")
Hogwarts Trainwreck ("Hormones Hit Hogwarts")-It's downloadable!
Tom Riddle and Friends ("Wizards Loving Wizards",assisted by Christian from Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls in their song, lyrics here)
The Cruciatus Curse ("King's Cross,")
The Sneakoscopes ("Fly Away" and "Dementor's Valentine")
Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls ("Flash, Bang, Done")
Chaos of the Phoenix ("Hedwig's Fugue for Severus")
Obliviate! ("Love Ginny")
Nagini ("Merope's Letter")
Green Hats and Red Ties ("The Yule Ball Disaster")
Sigilum Serpentis ("Trapped I: Beyond Deliverance")
The Slug Club ("Epic Wizard Battle", lyrics here)
DJ AcCiO ("I'm goin to Hogwarts")
Johnny B. Lovegood ("He will always be there")
Ultimate Wizard Rock Collaboration ("The Hogwart's Song")

ALBUM NEWS (please see bands' sites for details!)

-The debut album from husband and wife duo The Blibbering Humdingers, Voldemort Made Me Crap My Pants, is now available for purchase. The CD contains 13 songs for $10 plus $2 shipping and handling. For more information, check out their profile here.

WROCK VLOG AND VIDEO UPDATES (please see bands' sites for details!)

-Creevey Crisis has posted the first of their studio vlogs. Check it out in their latest blog, which also contains notes about the video.
-Potter Ink shared some live footage from their show at Harvard Square. You can check it out in their blog.
-MC Lady Lumos has also put video on YouTube of Chocolate in the Library and Tonks! Links to the videos can be found here.
-The latest installment of the Whomp the House tour vlog is up now. You can watch it here.
-The Remus Lupins' Alex has released the first installment of his Whomp the House tour vlog. You can watch it here.

THE WROCKERS' HELP WANTED (Creative enough of a title? Hehe.)

-If you are rocker and you have wanted to collaborate with a wizard rocker, -50 Points From Slytherin needs you! They are currently working on a song titled "Sirius (A Warning)". Check out their blog for more details.
-Know any good pick-up lines? Fred and George is in need of pick-up lines for their song "Weasley Pickup Lines". More details here.

AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...

-Tickets to Wrockstock 2008 (Woot! Go Missouri!) went on sale on Valentine's day. Admittance costs $100 for adults, plus lodging fees. Please note, you must reserve your cabin or room prior to purchasing tickets. Please visit the Wrockstock website for more information. If you're going, be ready for some Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, The Remus Lupins, Catchlove, The Quaffle Kids, Tom Riddle and Friends, Justin Finch Fletchley & the Sugar Quills, The Moaning Myrtles, Ginny and the Heartbreakers, Hogwarts, A History, Gred and Forge, The Mudbloods, The Weasel King, and The Butterbeer Experience.
-Missed the last Wrockstock? 2007's Wrockstock DVD is available for purchase now. It costs $30, features performances by all 13 bands, and contains additional footage from fans as well as the Wizard Schlockumentary. You can order a copy of yourself right over here.

Oh, and 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. 


Until next week (expect the Wrap-Ups to be released on Friday nights or Saturday mornings!), keep on Wrocking!

-Debora

Please note that this is another Uber Wrap-Up, and covers wizard rock news from October 28 through November 10.

NEW BANDS
The Escapators
The Weird Brothers
Spinner's End
RAB's Locket
The Halfblood Princess
Malfoy Manor
H P.I.M.P.
The Schizophrenic Fangirls
MC Kreacher
ihearttheweasleytwins

NEW SONGS
The Purebloods ("My Demise")
Proverb of Puremuggles ("She's Named Luna")
The Knockturn Alley Project ("Three Up, Two Across (Vol II)")
Blast Ended Skrewts ("Hey Weasley")
The Hermione Crookshanks Experience ("Just Wanted to Say")
Thomas and Finnigan ("We Still Believe In You")
Blue and Yellow Wand ("Best of Both Sides")
Mermaids Above Water ("Gone Fishin'")
Chocolate in the Library ("Fudge Disgraces the Name of Chocolate")
The Hinky Punks ("Dumbledore's Secret" and "Fleur Floored Me")
Split Seven Ways ("Live Fast Die Young," "Childhood's End," "Lullaby," and "The Very Secret Diary")
The Sneakoscopes ("Emo Fawkes")
Death Eaters Anon ("The Way it Will Be")
The Unforgivable Curses ("Everything is Better")
Chaos of the Phoenix ("I Will Survive" parody)
Split Seven Ways ("Poor Little Rich Boy")
The Morphing Werewolves ("If I Was a Death Eater")
Blue and Bronze ("Albus Severus")
The Unforgivable Curses ("Penelope Clearwater")

ALBUM NEWS
-Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons announced here that fans that pre-order Hogwarts, A Mystery will get a band flyer and a bonus track on their CD!
-Tonks and the Aurors picked a winning title for their album-naming contest, and the CD is called The Pink Album. Find more info at this blog. You can also purchase the album for $12, plus S&H, from the band's MySpace page!
-Click here to find out how you can help Hallows and Horcruxes name their Valentine's Day album.
-The Wizrocklopedia added five free albums by The Cruciatus Curse to our Music Downloads section. See this post on the site for details.

TOUR/SHOW NEWS
-Polish your dancing shoes and iron your dress robes, because Harry and the Potters announced that the Yule Ball will be happening again this year! Specifics have yet to be announced, but go here for more information.
-Videos from Potter Rocks 2007, the UK's first wizard rock fest, can be found here, and RiddleTM have a detailed write-up with photos which can be found by clicking here! Staff member Leila also has a write-up which can be found here.
-Tonks and the Aurors and The Chinese Chomping Cabbages will be touring the Midwest and Southeast this Spring Break and need some assistance booking venues and finding other groups to tour with. Read this blog for more info.
-The Hufflepunks played a live Skype show around Halloween which can be downloaded at this link, or by visiting this blog entry.
-Another Skype show featuring Department of Rock, Creevey Crisis, Tonks and the Aurors, The Hufflepunks, and Treacle Tart can be downloaded here and here.
-The Wizard Rockumentary crew will be appearing "…at Harry Potter and the Magical Muggle Museum at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on November 11" to show a peak at the film and answer some questions.  The Whomping Willows and Moaning Myrtles will also be performing at this event!

WROCK BLOG UPDATES
-Several wizard rockers had the opportunity to meet JK Rowling during her reading tour of the US. You can read an account from Leah of The Auror Dawlish at this blog entry, and one from Jake of The Nifflers here.
-After JK Rowling's announcement that Professor Dumbledore was gay on said reading tour, many wrockers wrote blogs weighing in on the subject. The Whomping Willows' blogs about it can be read here and here, Creevey Crisis' brief thoughts are here, and DJ Luna Lovegood's commented on it in her blog.
-The Chinese Chomping Cabbages have a contest going on, the prize for which is a copying of the upcoming CD Greenhouse Three. Refer to this blog for details.
-Sue and the Hufflepuffs also have a contest going. Send in album art for their newest CD, Elegy, and win lots of fabulous prizes! Head over to this blog for details.

PRESS COVERAGE
-Las Vegas Weekly featured an article on wrock in their Arts and Entertainment section which can be read here. Bands Mirror of Erised, Hogwarts Express and Knockturn Alley are mentioned. 
-Brown Paper Magazine, an independent, bi-monthly magazine devoted to "anything subversive, offensive, silly, edgy, confusing and obscene," has been completely taken over by wrock in its October issue! Tons of bands are featured, and the mag can be downloaded here or at the website!

As always, 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 wrockin'.

Were you unable to make it to the Wrockstock Spooktacular in Missouri this weekend? If so, or if you just want to relive the magic, then head over to the Wizrocklopedia now for videos and coverage! We had staff present, and you can already find two videos on the site's main page. More coverage is coming, and you can email videos@wizrocklopedia.com if you have anything you think should be included in our write-ups.

Also this weekend, wizard rock gained another music video! Alas Earwax! created a video for their song "Australia!" and it can be found here in the group's MySpace blog.

NEW SONGS
The Trace ("A Suspension of Hostilities")
The Butterbeer Experience ("Lullaby")
Chaos of the Pheonix ("Tommywander (Killing Me Tommy)")
Nagini ("Me and Voldy")
The Cruciatus Curse ("Pour Some Sugar" and "Power of Love")
Treacle Tart ("Fight of Their Lives" and "Draco & Harry La La La Dance Break")
The Escapators ("My Phoenix Song")
Sally Slytherin ("I Was A Little Bit Sad When Sirius Died")
Blue and Yellow Wand ("Weasely Family Love")
Raddish Earrings ("Severus Killed You")
Split Seven Ways ("To Love A Werewolf")
The Plug Collector ("Me and You and My Plant")
MC Lady Lumos ("Pimpin' in Da Dark" and "Common Room Party")
Tonks! ("I Hate My Name")
Chocolate in the Library ("Hogwarts Letter" and "Harry Back" demos)
DJ.K. Rowling ("Mirror of Erised")
Miss Metamorphagus ("Timeturner")
Justin Finch-Fletchley & The Sugar Quills ("Dumbledore is Gay (and that's okay)")
Alas Earwax! ("Siriusly Dead")
Blue and Bronze ("House Chants")

ALBUM NEWS
-The Butterbeer Experience's new album has been completed, and Lena says that it will be available January 1, 2008, but that it can be pre-ordered for $10 at any of her November shows.
-Split Seven Ways has begun planning a wrock compilation that will support BEAT, an organization that raises awareness and support for those suffering from eating disorders. If you're in a wrock band and are interested in being a part of this, contact Split Seven Ways via MySpace, and head over here for more info.
-In another Split Seven Ways news, their 13-track album Love is the Answer is now available for free download on their MySpace page.

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