CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! Episode #200 on my birthday…what a coincidence! Success! A few days before the episode I got back from Fest 15 in Florida. I got sick and therefore I sound like attended a death metal show the night before, not a punk festival. But that didn’t stop me from playing songs by my favorite bands which I saw at Fest 15. First block features superhits The Brokedowns (Elgin, IL, USA), W...

Hello Hello Hello, how about that? First block features new hits by AJJ (Phoenix, AZ, USA), PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada), The Dirty Nil (Dundas, ON, Canada), Joyce Manor (Torrance, CA, USA) and toyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA). Second block is a ska block and I played ska supertunes by The Interrupters (Los Angeles, LA, USA), The Locos (Vallecas, Spain), The Bennies (Melbourne, Australia), The Midd...

Hello Hello Hello! First block of course features new track by NOFX! New album came out last week and of course I’m in love and of course I played “I Don’t Like Me Anymore” on the show. Also in this block new superhits by Useless ID (Haifa, Israel), Descendents (they live all over the place now), Wizo (Sindelfingen, Germany) and Teni Svobody (Moscow, Russia) In the second block I played Chixdiggit...

Hello Hello Hello! In the first block of this episode I played new songs by Against Me! (Gainesville, FL, USA), PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada), AJJ (Phoenix, AZ, USA), Chewing on Tinfoil (Dublin, Ireland), Joyce Manor (Torrance, CA) and Violent Soho (Mansfield, Brisbane, Australia). Second block featured songs by five great local bands Living With Lions, Youth Decay, Carpenter, The Corps and Fair Weath...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I played my interview with Erik Ohlsson of Swedish band Millencolin. We talked a little bit about their new amazing album True Brew, their videos, skateboarding, fishing, bluegrass covers, but mainly of course the conversation was about football, Zlatan Ibrahimovi? and Örebro SK. In the end of the show I played tracks by Selfist and ATD who will be playing Rebels Sings...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Mike Kennerty of The All-American Rejects. When Mike doesn’t play in The Rejects he records bands and that was the main focus of our interview. We talked about his production style, his favorite Canadian punk records, how an interview with Ben Weasel led to producing music, how Mike saved Sonic Iguana Studios and how many gas stations you...

Hello Hello Hello! This whole episode was focused on three very exciting shows which are happening in Vancouver this week. The first block features songs by Mansbridge (Montreal, QC, Canada), Jon Creeden & The Flying Hellfish (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Contra Code, Aanthems (both Vancouver, BC, Canada). All those fantastic Canadian bands are playing a show at LanaLous. Second block was sponsored by Sou...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners and Stu Ross of Comeback Kid, Youth Decay, Living With Lions, Misery Signals and Lowtalker. We talked about touring….a lot! We discussed how touring changed over the years for The Flatliners, heard a few really funny stories, got introduced to Norm and Olindo and finished off the conversation on a serious...

Hello Hello Hello! In the first block I played songs by Direct Hit! (Milwaukee, WI, USA), PEARS (New Orleans, LA, USA), The Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Nato Coles and The Blue Diamond Band (Minneapolis, MN, USA). All four great bands played a show at the Astoria this weekend. In the second part of the show I played a leftover from my interview with Stza Crack of Leftover Crack. I couldn’t...

Hello Hello Hello! “Punk Rockers Are Real People Too” is back! This is a my favorite irregular feature on Rocket From Russia. The goal of this feature is to learn more about local punk rock celebrities and show them as real people too. This week guest was Vanessa of The Ballantynes and Sound & Salt. Listen to find out where she shops for groceries, buys take out and whats Vanessa’s favorite park i...

Hello Hello Hello! Rocket From Russia and Biltmore Cabaret present the screening of a punk-u-mentary “A Fat Wreck” in Vancouver on August 17th and this episode is fully focused on the movie and Fat Wreck Chords. In order to get myself and everybody else excited I played some FAT hits and interviewed Erin Burkett the co-owner of Fat Wreck Chords and Limo of NOFX Team and Modern Terror. I think it t...

Hello Hello Hello! This is a very cool episode. I invited my friend #13 Evan October of Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club to talk about upcoming EVBL 2016 Championship Tournament. I grew up in Russia and therefore I don’t get baseball, but it’s amazing how East Van Baseball League blew up this year. As much as I don’t understand the game it was impossible to notice the buzz around EVBL in Vancouver...

Hello Hello Hello! Rocket From Russia is a radio program where I play new, international and local music. This episode fully meets the definition provided above. First block features new hits by legendary NOFX, The Bouncing Souls, Guttermouth, Descendents, Face To Face and Snuff. How about that? Second block features song by international bands (European to be precise) such as Radiocrimen (Bilbao,...

Hello Hello Hello! The first block features great pop punk ballads which were performed by genius musical collectives such as Sass Dragons (Chicago, IL, USA), Dog Party (Sacramento, CA, USA), Mean Jeans (Portland, OR, USA), Nerf Herder (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) and Masked Intruder (Madison, WI, USA). Then I did a ticket give away to a show which featured Open Letters, Might as Well (both Vancouver,...

Hello Hello Hello! First block of this show is really great! I’m pretty sure it’ll be one of the best blocks of new music in 2016 on Rocket From Russia. The main reason is because it features fresh superhits by Angel Du$t (Maryland, MD, USA), Useless ID (Tel Aviv, Israel), Plow United (Wilmington, DE, USA), PEARS (New Orleans, LA), Belvedere (Calgary, AB, Canada), Dragged In (Toronto, ON, Canada)...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Stza Crack of Leftöver Crack, Choking Victim, Star Fucking Hipsters, Crack Rock Steady Seven and No Commercial Value. We spoke about their new studio album “Constructs of the State”, working with Jesse Michaels (of Operation Ivy) and Mikey Erg, being on Fat Wreck Chords and not being on Hellcat/Alternative Tentacles, Closet Fiends, They Mi...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode is a celebration of one of my favourite bands Dillinger Four for the upcoming D4th Of July. I did a bit of creeping on Patrick Costello’s Instagram page and played some records that he likes. Dude has a great taste in punk rock music and some rare records. I also played songs by Leftover Crack, Days N’ Daze, Dayglo Abortions and ATD because those bands are playing t...

Hello Hello Hello! How many bands show up to an interview wearing "Dumb and Dumber" costumes? Not that many in my experience. Well, Colin and Shafer of You Big Idiot did that. Do I need to say anything else? Probably not! Oh yeah, we presented brand new song called “ The Ted Danson Plane” Rocket From Russia Anniversary Show @ The Media Club, June 25th. You Big Idiot, The Greatest Sons, Ellesmere,...

Hello Hello Hello! As a part of preparation for Rocket From Russia Anniversary I invited Dan of The Corps and The Real McKeznies to the studio. We spent majority of the show talking about correct pronunciation of his band’s name (to save you time its pronounced [kor]), Green Lantern comics, upcoming European tour with The Real McKeznies and Soviet guy Vasili who saved the world. Dan also told me t...

Hello Hello Hello! This is Euro 2016 Punk Rock Preview. An episode where two of my passions collide - football and punk rock. Rules of this episode are simple: I played songs by punk bands which represent all 24 nations playing Euro 2016 All songs are sang in country’s native language I apologize in advance for horrible pronunciations of bandnames, songs and albums. Every block is compiled out of...

Hello Hello Hello! How good is new PUP’s album? I just can’t stop listening to it. Definitely a contender for the top album of the year. So, in the first block of the show I played PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada), Ship Thieves (Gainesville, FL, USA), Apologies, I Have None (London, UK) and Violent Soho (Mansfield, Brisbane, Australia). Second block features four local bands which are playing Obscene Bei...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new international punk tracks performed by ???? ?????-???? (Moscow, Russia), The Locos (Madrid, Spain), Faintest Idea (Kings Lynn, UK), The Bennies (Melbourne, Australia) and ????????? (Saint Petersburg, Russia). Then I did another preview of Rocket From Russia anniversary show and played track by 5 awesome local pop punk bands which will be playing this sup...

Hello Hello Hello! That was a pretty great episode of Rocket From Russia; eventful at least. I started with a block of new music featuring terrific songs by White Lung, Youth Decay (both Vancouver, BC, Canada), Modern Baseball (Philadelphia, PA), Violent Soho (Mansfield, Brisbane, Australia) and Apologies, I Have None (London, UK). Second block featured my interview with Alicia aka Devilicia of a...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode is great! Really great! First of all it features the best pop punk block of the year you’ll hear on Rocket From Russia and this block features massive hits by Mean Jeans (Portland, OR, USA), Turkish Techno (Riverside, CA, USA), The Brokedowns (Elgin, IL, USA), Nerf Herder (Santa Barbara, CA, USA), Ноги Винни-Пуха (Moscow, Russia) and Outtacontroller (Halifax, NS, Ca...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had an in-studio guest - Patrick of Hosehead Records. This great Canadian record label celebrates their 5 year anniversary. We talked about the history of the label, transition of the label from Toronto to Vancouver, differences between Western and Eastern Canadian scenes, recent re-issues which Hosehead Records put out, bands which released only one 7′’ but were gre...