The Collective Family

What can you expect when you first visit a site with a slogan like "The Collective Family would rather have their music heard, not sold"? Well:

*227 Artists
*32 Labels &
*333 Releases
all waiting to be discovered!

For today we picked two bands from their vast catalog, but no doubt there will be more in the future. Stay tuned.

*Presenting: Tinyfolk
*Genres: folk, freak-folk, "post easy listening"

Tinyfolk - Dear Apollo (Bill, 2007) (Dld full album)
Tinyfolk - Owls (Platapeasawallaland a Rainy-Day Owlbum) (Dld full album)
Tinyfolk - Five Years (David Bowie Cover) (Jack's Broth, 2008) (Dld full album)

+ Though not typically a wizard rock band, Tinyfolk do however have two very sweet songs (Wandlight and Before Our Beards Were Long) concerning the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, that you can download here.

*Presenting: A Drum and an Open Window
*Genres: breaking bottles behind wawa, folk pop punk, party-posi

A Drum and an open Window - Indianapolis (There Will Be Fields For Us, 2007) (Dld full album)
A Drum and an Open Window - Overcoats (There Will Be Fields For Us, 2007) (Dld full album)

+ Oh and in case you forgot, The Collective Family gave us a great Magnetic Fields tribute album, which you should download if you haven't yet.

21 Love Songs: A Tribute to the Magnetic Fields

21 Love Songs

1. Yeah Oh Yeah! - monica y carlos
2. Busby Berkeley Dreams - the american icons of rebellion
3. Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old - evripidis and his tragedies
4. When The Open Road Is Closing In - iji
5. I Think I Need A New Heart - steinbeck
6. The Desperate Things You Made Me Do - microfilm
7. All My Little Words - abrevadero
8. 100,000 Fireflies - secret owl society
9. I Don't Believe You - tinyfolk
10. Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You - manipulator alligator
11. Why I Cry - fairmount fair
12. Crazy For You But (Not That Crazy) - james eric
13. Born On A Train - the brooke (a tiny ocean)
14. I Don't Want To Get Over You - redbear.
15. Reno Dakota - porches
16. You & Me & The Moon - a lime tree
17. Plant White Roses - existential hero
18. I Don't Believe You - fire island ak
19. Josephine - spare machine
20. Come Back From San Francisco - s. joe hazelwood
21. Absolutely Cuckoo - your yellow dress

Bonus Tracks

The Go-Pills - Queen Of The Savages
James Eric - The Way You Say Goodnight
Charlie Sullivan - All My Little Words

And a few of our own favourites

!!! - Take Ecstasy With Me
Astrud - With Whom To Dance

Download the entire album for free here.