Junk Culture To Tour With Tobacco, Common Loon

Junk Culture starts US tour, preps new EP for Illegal Art

Deepak Mantena is like a modern day wayfarer of America.  Mantena was born in Idaho right after his parents emigrated from India and proceeded to move around across the country, from Michigan to Mississippi.  Now settled in Portland, Mantena has turned his North American mishmash into the appropriately named Junk Culture.  Junk Culture’s first EP West Coast came out in late 2009 which blurred the lines of dance pop music, ambient soundscapes, and fast-paced electronica with Mantena’s personal journeys.  "I got really bored playing [guitar and piano], because it seemed as though the sounds I made were like the sounds everyone else was making,” said Mantena.  ”I'm always capturing field recordings, or samples of songs I really like, or samples of me playing instruments on this cheap pocket recorder. I started to get a little more excited about making music again, because the sounds I was capturing seemed really fresh to my ears."  Junk Culture is preparing to release a new EP in the fall on Ilegal Art, but until then he will be touring with Tobacco and Common Loon.  Check out his single “West Coast” on the Illegal Art website, and make sure to catch Junk Culture in a town near you.

07/06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07/07 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor *
07/08 Arlington, VA - IOTA *
07/10 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall *
07/11 Philadelphia, PA - The M Room *
07/12 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks *
07/13 Youngstown, OH - Lemon Grove Cafe *
07/14 Cincinatti, OH - Southgate House *
07/15 Champaign, IL - Mike N Molly's *
07/16 St. Louis, MO - Antartica
09/09 - Washingon, DC - DC9 !
09/10 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church !
09/11 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar !
09/16 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse !
09/17 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground !
09/18 - Boston, MA - Middle East !
09/23 - Toledo, OH - Mickey Finn's !
09/24 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig !
09/25 - Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt !

* = w/ Common Loon
! = w/ Tobacco & Dreamend

Posted by Amy Dittmeier on Jul 05, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

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