Jaunted Haunts Press

Comments (1)

Ella Joyce Buckley inspires colourful french

I recently had my attention drawn to this blog post on the French music site My Car is Full of Plums ; it seems that Ella Buckley’s music has inspired the writer to wax rather poetically Run through Google translate the text reads: “Every man has his breaking point. Mine is called Ella Joyce Buckley. [...]

Comments (0)

EJB performing Herds live

Here is a short clip of Ella Joyce Buckley performing the song Herds live with guitarist Alex Carpenter at The Delancey in New York on 17 Aug 2011. It is a stripped down version of a song that will be on her forthcoming album so it should give you a clear idea of what to [...]

Comments (0)

Ella Joyce Buckley’s Sway Church EP available now.

It’s taken a bit longer than it should have but Ella Joyce Buckley’s Sway Church EP is now available through our online store as CD-R or mp3 download. The EP consists of  DIY recordings by Ella and showcases a more minimalist, mantric sensibility, which should give us an idea of what to expect from her [...]

They’re out!

These three lovely new additions to the roster are now available from the store page. Meanwhile i’m off to play some shows in JHB/PTA.

Comments (0)

3 new releases due 4 Nov, gigs imminent

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to virtually double our catalogue overnight with the release of 3 albums.  Two of them are re-issues, to be sure, albeit of albums  that wholly deserve inclusion on the catalogue. The new release, by Ampersand, is entitled Demonomania, and is an EP of material he recorded in London when [...]

Comments (4)

AfrikAs0:u:+h rhiz0mA+iks

Experimental noise is not a form of music that one would readily associate with Africa. The most notorious illustration of this is the controversial compilation ‘Extreme Music from Africa’, released on Whitehouse nasty William Bennett’s Susan Lawly label in 1997. The compilation later turned out to be a fluke, consisting in truth of pieces Bennett [...]

Comments (0)

Conservationism

The last while has had me make  a disproportionate number of music-related trips to Stellenbosch University’s Conservatory (well, two in as many months,but that’s still two more than most months). I’ve always been a bit wary of the rarified and isolationist air the US music department maintains among all the indie hipsters and rugby jocks [...]

Comments (0)

Pan African Space Station

Once again, Pan African Space Station, now in its third year running, has proved to be one of, if not THE, most excting music events in Cape Town.  I had a very busy week myself in the week of the live events, so i could unfortunately only catch Kyle Shepherd and septugenarian guitar prankster Philip [...]

Comments (0)

Sticky No More

This is the review/mope on the Sticky Antlers i wrote for Mahala, sans editing . (Whispers) I kinda prefer it this way. The Sticky Antlers are no more. No clash of egos, or bitter disillusionment with the lack of audience for a band of weirdos or personal fallout, it’s just that one of the members [...]

Comments (0)

Sticky Antlers – Papertail

Just last week i received the new Sticky Antlers album Tupperware Tombstone in the mail (sadly also their last) and very lovely it is too. I’ve  reviewed it for mahala, which you can read here. In the meantime listen to Papertail, one definite highlight among many. Sticky Antlers – Papertail If you’re interested in getting [...]