The Stellar Radio Choir are looking forward to their very first  cross-Canadian tour, which kicks off at the Tongue N Groove, June 13 with local indie rock band Planet Telex and Fernie post punk duo Mobina Galore.

The Golden B.C. based trio Stellar Radio Choir are looking forward to not only a couple high profile gigs back home in Ontario, but rocking out at the Tongue N Groove along the way.

“Last time we played the Slice, but the Tongue N Groove is a new venue for us,” said bassist Todd Menzies. He is looking forward to touring with Mobina Galore.

“They are a two piece pop rock duo. I like to call them sugar rock, because they a have really loud grungy guitar sound and really soft voices. They get people moving, which is what we like to do too. It’s fast paced. We like to see people on the dance floor even if they don’t know the songs,” he said.

He got to know drummer Marcia Hanson and guitarist/ vocalist Jenna Priestner from Mobina Galore after a show and asked them if they wanted to tour together. While he wasn’t expecting them to join them for the whole tour, he is looking forward to it.
“I’ve played a lot solo out in Ontario, but this is the first time I’ve brought this band,” said Peterborough raised Menzies.
“I had a great music scene growing up there,” Menzies continued.

The relentlessly touring band will spend two weeks touring around their home turf of Alberta and B.C. before breaking new ground out east.

 

“We’ve done two or three big tours around B.C and Alberta, so we thought we should spread out to the east and get better known out there because we’ve nailed down the west,” he said.

 Because he and Markham, Ontario’s guitarist/ Vocalist Eric Laroque have Ontario roots, plus have the reputation as a dedicated and talented band, they were able to score a slot at the Horseshoe Tavern’s new music indie showcase.

“Growing up in Ontario, the Horseshoe was legendary. You have to show that you can bring a crowd, even if we aren’t from Ontario and they look at reviews on our websites. So we’re really stoked to be able to play there,” he continued.
They will also be playing with a number of bands along the way like  the John Cohen  Experience, who are well known in Montreal.

“We play kind of a garage rock, blues rock with some psychedelia. A lot of my influences come from big riffs that just stick in your mind, like early Rolling Stones when they blended blues and rock and Chuck Berry, back when rock was great,” he said.