CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! Unfortunately this episode didn’t go as planned. We scheduled an interview with Chris #2 of Anti-Flag, but the telephone gods didn’t allow me to get through to him. And then I did two ticket give aways. One to Lost Love, Contra Code @ Astoria and another to Sheer Mag, Poor Form, Woolworm, Flowers & Fire @ Astoria as well. ANTI-FLAG - The Press Corpse [For Blood And Empire] ANTI-...

Hello Hello Hello! Some of you might enjoy computer games and some of you might not. That information didn’t affect my decision to come up with an idea for this episode, but my interview with Devon Kay of Direct Hit! did. Last October I happened to be in Boston, MA and absolutely unplannedly I saw Devon there. He invited me to a store called Replay’d which he managed at the time. We did a quick in...

Hello Hello Hello! Great episode full of new music! The first block includes new magical mp3 files performed by Mean Jeans (Portland, OR, USA), Nerf Herder (Santa Barbara, CA, USA), Turkish Techno (Riverside, CA, USA), Weekend Dads (Halifax, NS, Canada) and Zuname (Moscow, Russia). Second block features new mega songs by Violent Soho (Mansfield, Brisbane, Australia), Resolutions (Hannover, Germany...

Hello Hello Hello! That was one the most fun100 shows I’ve done. I had an instudio super guest Ryan Dyck of Hockey Dad Records, B-Lines and Fun 100. A few weeks ago Ryan DJ’ed at White Lung show and his set was so brilliant that I asked him to do it again on Rocket From Russia. Ryan brought a box full of 7′’ records and played two wonderful blocks of magnificent musics. In the first block he playe...

Hello Hello Hello! This week we were audited by SOCAN and if you’re a regular listener of Rocket From Russia you probably know that I always play local bands on the show the week of this audit. For every spin bands get a very little money and also its another great reason to celebrate great local scene we have in Vancouver, BC, Canada. And in the final block I played Youth Decay, You Big Idiot, AT...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Sasha “ChaCha” Ivanov, the leader of a legendary Russian punk band called НАИВ / NAIVE. They are the longest running Russian punk band and I’ve known them for about 15 years, therefore it was a truly great success when I found out that НАИВ is coming to Vancouver to play a show. We spoke about their new album “Populism”, amateur approach t...

Hello Hello Hello! Happy International Women’s Day episode! To co-host this special episode I invited Vancouver pop punk princess, president of Black Lab organization, fearless leader of one of the best bands in town Poor Form and just a great person - Legs! Legs prepared three blocks of great femcon punk rock and she shared that with the listeners of Rocket From Russia. First block featured songs...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode is a preview to Resolve Records Launch Party. This is gonna be the most exciting local concert I’ve ever organized to date! I’m incredibly stoked! We’re celebrating the launch of Resolve Records, a local label/distro which specializes in cool vinyl punk records. They have their web-site up and running and I’m planning to invite them to all the local shows I can, so...

Hello Hello Hello! This is a Fundrive episode of Rocket From Russia!

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had two guests in studio - Lachlan and Ross, the commanders behind Resolve Records. Resolve is a new local record label / online store. They started just a few months ago and we’re celebrating their launch on March 12 at The Media Club and it’ll feature 5 awesome local bands - The Greatest Sons,You Big Idiot, Contra Code, The Binz and The Expectants. So in the first...

Hello Hello Hello! First block turned out to be pretty fast & aggressive and featured songs by Star Fucking Hipsters (New York, NYC, USA), The Exploited (Edinburgh, Scotland), Purgen (Moscow, Russia), NOFX, Dwarves (both from San Francisco, CA, USA), Rancid (Bay Area, CA, USA) and Subhumans (Wiltshire, UK). And in the end of the show I played songs by bands which played two cool shows that weekend...

Hello Hello Hello! First block started with international exclusive unique super radio premiere of a song by the band The Transgressions (Madison, WI, USA). After few years of absence they are back in business of writing pop punk hits and their new 7′’ called “Fucked Up!” will be out very soon on It’s Alive Records. Also this first block features great tunes by Turkish Techno (Riverside, CA, USA),...

Hello Hello Hello! The first block was build around two new songs by PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada) and Face To Face (Victorville, CA, USA) which were released last week. And I also played new hits by Ship Thieves (Gainesville, FL, USA), Medictation (Sunderland, UK + Montreal, QC, Canada), Milk Teeth (Bristol, UK) and Not Inpublic (Vancouver, BC, Canada). In the second block I previewed Propagandhi sho...

Hello Hello Hello! First pop punk block of the year features new masterpieces by Turkish Techno (Riverside, CA, USA), Weekend Dads, Outtacontroller (both Halifax, NS, Canada), Chris and the Zipcodes (Liverpool, UK), Radiohearts (Long Beach, CA, USA) and Hospital Job (Springfield, IL, USA). Second block features ska and reggae hits by ????????? (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Night Gaunts (Auckland, Ne...

Hello Hello Hello! First block of hits features The Damned (London…has too many football clubs), Cock Sparrer (West Ham United), Buzzcocks (Bolton Wanderers), The Toy Dolls (Sunderland AFC) and The Rezillos (Hibernian FC)! Second block is fast because it combines genius musics by NOFX, Good Riddance, Rise Against, The Suicide Machines, Bad Religion, Pennywise (All MLS) and Frenzal Rhomb (A-League)...

Hello Hello Hello! This is the first episode of the year which features new music! The first block includes brand new songs from releases which already came out or will be out shortly in 2016. New songs by Ignite (Orange County, CA, USA), Evacuate (San Diego, CA, USA), Hoiter Dipoiter (Nordhausen, Germany), Cheap Appeal (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Risk It! (Dresden, Germany). Next two blocks featu...

Hello Hello Hello! On the last day of 2015 I lost a friend, Andrey Krivoy who was a drummer in one of the best Russian punk bands CMEX / SMEH. I decided to do a tribute show for him and tell listeners of Rocket From Russia about this awesome Russian band. I didn’t want it to be said, because Andrey was one of the most positive dudes I knew, he would’ve appreciated a happy tribute not an emo one.

Hello Hello Hello! This is episode features all my favorite songs released in 2015! Another great year in punk rock! MOTORHEAD - Ace Of Spades [Ace Of Spades] TOP BUNK - Eating CF With The SG [Top Bunk] KEPI GHOULIE & ACCELERATORS - She gets all the girls [Fun In The Dark] SKINNY GENES - Self-Defeat Champion of the Galaxy [Ugh] PEACH KELLI POP - Princess Castle 1987 [Peach Kelli Pop III] POOL PART...

Hello Hello Hello! In this episode I played all my favorite songs from my favorite local releases which came out this year. P.S. Unfortunately, something was broken at the station and like two-thirds of this episode weren’t broadcasted live on air, which sucked a lot, because I put in a lot of work in the preparation for this episode. So this podcast is kinda like a premiere! Mediocre excitement....

Hello Hello Hello! The first block of the show features new ska-core and ska punk mega anthem by Leftover Crack (New York City, NY, USA), Random Hand (Keighley, UK), The Riot Gang (Saint Petersburg, Russia), The Bennies (Melbourne, Australia), Night Gaunts (Auckland, New Zealand) and Days N’ Daze (Houston,TX, USA). Second block of course features some pop punk because its my favorite kind of music...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new hits performed with talent by FIDLAR (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Mike Krol (Madison, WI, USA), Earth Girls (Chicago, IL, USA), Woahnows (Plymouth, UK), Together Pangea (Los Angeles, CA, USA) and saucemasters The Binz (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Second block features four bands which are playing Xmas In Skaville #13. This is an annual local ska christmas show wh...

Hello Hello Hello! The first block of this episode featured features new superanthems by Leftöver Crack (New York City, NY, USA), Good Riddance (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), Night Birds (New Jersey, NJ, USA) and Daily Ritual (Singapore, Singapore). Second block features young Canadian bands and their new tracks. The pack is lead by The Greatest Sons (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and followed by Mansbridge (Mon...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features quite fast new punk rock hits performed by The Hollowpoints (Seattle, WA, USA), Not On Tour (Tel Aviv, Israel), Random Hand (Keighley, UK), Contra Code (Vancouver, BC, Canada), The Decline (Perth, Australia) and Local Resident Failure (Newcastle, Australia). Second block is a bit heavier and features new super tracks by Night Birds (New Jersey, NJ, USA), H2O...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Lauren Denitzio of Worriers. We discussed their new amazing album “Imaginary Life”, working with Laura Jane Grace, their awesome videos for songs “Chasing” and “Most Space”, their passion for John K. Samson, Neko Case and Transmetropolitan comics. And in the end of the show I played tacks by Purple 7, Sightlines, Poor Form, K-Man & The 45s...

Hello Hello Hello! Unfortunately I had to start this episode with a song by Teenage Bottlerocket. We lost a very good dude and a great musician. Rest in peace Brandon! Thank you for your great music! This show was focused on STOMP Records 20th Anniversary. In the first block I played new songs by the bands which played Vancouver anniversary show - The Real McKenzies, Isotopes, Rude City Riot (Vanc...