CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! This episode was broadcasted on my birthday and 12 hours after I landed in Vancouver from FEST 14. To be quite honest I was exhausted from traveling and going to shows 7 days in a row…you can probably hear it in my voice. I was also gifted an unspecial two hour show. Obviously, I didn’t have too much time to prepare for the show, so I played some of my favorite songs of all time...

Hello Hello Hello! This is another preview for Fest 14 which covers my personal favourites from this years FEST line up! DILLINGER FOUR - Gainesville [C I V I L W A R] WOAHNOWS - Watching Accidents [Understanding and Everything Else] SHARKANOID - Chemicals [Have A Great Summer] LAURA PALMER - Jessica [EP] EVERYBODY ROW - The Sea Inside [The Sea Inside] DRUG CHURCH - But Does It Work? [Swell] THE B...

Hello Hello Hello! This is another preview for Fest 14 which covers my personal favourites from this years FEST line up! DILLINGER FOUR - Gainesville [C I V I L W A R] WOAHNOWS - Watching Accidents [Understanding and Everything Else] SHARKANOID - Chemicals [Have A Great Summer] LAURA PALMER - Jessica [EP] EVERYBODY ROW - The Sea Inside [The Sea Inside] DRUG CHURCH - But Does It Work? [Swell] THE B...

Hello Hello Hello! This is the first out of two FEST 14 preview episodes. In this episode I focused my attention on the headliners of this year’s Fest and played their hits. I also got a chance to talk to Sarah Goodwin who is one of the organizers of The Fest. We obviously talked about Fest 14, organization of the event, the 5 sets she is excited to see the most this year at The Fest, Fest Friends...

Hello Hello Hello! The show on Saturday was a total success! Before the show I sat down with Max of Signals Midwest (Cleveland, OH, USA). We discussed their upcoming album, working with Evan Weiss, More Like Signals Midbest video and friendship with The Smith Street Band, playing abandoned Chinese restaurant, playing a show in a town which has whole 1 traffic light and guitar solos played by cops....

Hello Hello Hello! This episode is primarily focused on a super cool show which is happening in Vancouver this week - Signals Midwest, Timeshares, Jesse LeBourdais (full band unique set), The Greatest Sons and Grease Thieves @ The Media Club. To prepare listeners for the show, I spoke to Mike of Timeshares and we discussed their brand new album “Already Dead”, skills of puppeteering, Mark Messier,...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features two blocks of new brilliant pop punk music, because I definitely felt like just one wasn’t enough. So the first block of pop punk features new masterpieces by The Stragglers (London, ON, Canada), Margate (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Backstage (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Not On Tour (Tel Aviv, Israel), The Decline (Perth, Australia), Woahnows (Plymouth, UK). Second bl...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had Tim and Dave of local punk band Contra Code on the show. The boys released their debut full length album “Wasted Already” this week and playing an album release show on Friday. We obviously talked about their new album, working with Stu McKillop and playing a barn party in Ladner farm. Contra Code album release show with You Bit Idiot, Leveler, The Dead Hits, Che...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with a band called Screaming Females from New Brunswick, NJ, USA. I talked to all three members of the band Marissa, Jarrett and King Mike, and we discussed their new album Rose Mountain, new video for a song called “Empty Head”, meeting Ian MacKaye and visiting Dischord House, Garbage message board, meeting Captain Ron and of course Subs (not...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new hits by Night Birds (New Jersey, NJ, USA), Daily Ritual (Singapore, Singapore), Red Dons (Portland, OR, USA), Propagandhi (Winnipeg, MB, Canada), Good Riddance (Santa Cruz, CA, USA) and Swain (Berlin, Germany). In the second block I introduced new irregular feature. The whole idea is that from time to time I will go to the list of the shows I attended an...

Hello Hello Hello! Today I had two guests in studio - Chase (Living With Lions) and Stu (Youth Decay, Comeback Kid, Lowtalker, Misery Signals). We played a brand new track “Balance” by Youth Decay and talked about upcoming show at The Cobalt which will feature both Living With Lions and Youth Decay. Also we discussed skills of escaping a show in Indonesia, covering Mighty Mighty Bosstones and of c...

Hello Hello Hello! Last night I got back from FAT’s 25-ish years anniversary shows in San Francisco. It was absolutely incredible! As a fan of Fat Wreck it was a fantastic experience being there and watching so many FAT bands at the same place. First block features all unreleased songs from new Fat Music Volume 8 compilation called Going Nowhere Fat - Night Birds (New Jersey, NJ, USA), Leftover Cr...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode is a celebration of Fat Wreck Chords 25 years anniversary. I played FAT hits and two interviews. The first one was with KJ of Chixdiggit! who just got back from Toronto anniversary show; and the other one was with Shaun Colon, who is the guy behind A Fat Wreck documentary, a movie about Fat Wreck Chords. PROPAGANDHI - Anti-Manifesto [How To Clean Everything] NOFX -...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had one of the best bands from Vancouver in studio - The Ballantynes! The band was represented by Vanessa, Jarrod and Mick. They released their debut full length album “Dark Drives, Life Signs” on La-Ti-Da records last week. The Ballantynes are playing their album release show on August 22nd at The Fox Cabaret. THE BALLANTYNES - PMA [Dark Drives, Life Signs] THE BALL...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features lots of local music and was focused on 4 awesome shows which are happening this weekend in Vancouver. This episode shows the mad variety of awesome music we have in this city! Success! Screaming Females, Vacation, Low Levels @ The Media Club Mean Jeans, White Mystery, Greenback High, Patsy’s Rats @ Hindenburg Bison B.C., Waingro, Invasives @ Hindenburg Gene...

Hello Hello Hello! Started off show with a NOFX track because at the next Punk Rock Trivia on August 2nd we will have a NOFX Tribute band - Dying Degree. Should be fun! First block features my favourite tracks from the new Rancid tribute called “Hooligans United” - The Interrupters, Homesick Abortions, The Tokyo Brave (all from Los Angeles, CA, USA), Voodoo Glow Skulls (Riverside, CA, USA), Mad Si...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new great songs by The Decline (Perth, Australia), Not On Tour (Tel Aviv, Israel), Break Anchor (Detroit, MI, USA), Plan 37 (Toronto, ON, Canada), 48 Hours (Sevastopol, Ukraine) and No Weather Talks (Hamburg, Germany). Second block is slightly connected with a show which Rocket From Russia presents in October in Vancouver, therefore I played Timeshares (Down...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new songs by Good Riddance, Rise Against, Anti-Flag, Agnostic Front (all from USA), Millencolin and Raised Fist (both from Sweden). The I decided to play a block of Canadian hits, because why not. Second block features songs by bands which don’t need any extra further introductions: Chixdiggit!, GOB, Sum 41, Hanson Brothers, The Isotopes and The Evaporators....

Hello Hello Hello! The first international block of new punk music features fantastic mp3 files by Not On Tour (Tel Aviv, Israel), Bad Cop/Bad Cop (San Pedro, CA, USA), Backstage (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Ellesmere (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and The Decline (Perth, Australia). And in the second half of the show I did three ticket giveaways to Fashionism, Poor Form, VHS, Uptights @ The Hindenburg and tog...

Hello Hello Hello! The first episode of Rocket From Russia at the new station. We moved to a new building, to a new room and its GREAT! Everything is super new and I really enjoyed the experience of hosting a show in the new studio! First block features new killer international ska hits performed with talent and passion by Night Gaunts (Auckland, New Zealand), Enej (Olsztyn, Poland), Kumpania Alga...

Konnichiwa Konnichiwa Konnichiwa!!! First block features the hits of my week, new tracks from The Prisoner (Japan), The Briggs (Los Angeles, CA, USA), That Lying Bitch (Chicago, IL, USA) and Dwayne (Denver, CO, USA). Second block features a little bit darker but still fantastic punk songs performed with passion by Daily Ritual (Singapore, Singapore), Feral Trash (Moncton, NB, Canada), Meat Wave (C...

Hello Hello Hello! I’m back and back with a very exciting (at least for me) episode! This is a pre-show for Rocket From Russia anniversary on June 20th at The Cobalt. The anniversary concert will feature brilliant performances by toyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA) + three awesome local bands The Isotopes, Uptights and Grease Thieves. In order to prepare listeners for the anniversary show I intervi...

Hello Hello Hello! Great new music in this episode! If you’ve been hungry for new punk rock go check out this episode, it features whole bunch of fresh punk rock! First block features some killer pop punk megahits performed with pleasure by Kepi Ghoulie & Accelerators (Rotterdam, Netherlands), The Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Top Bunk (New York, NY, USA), Pool Party (Miami, FL, USA), Teenage...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features brand new pop-punk/garagy songs composed and performed by these wonderful musical collectives - Peach Kelli Pop (Ottawa, ON, Canada), ToyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA), Dwayne (Denver, CO, USA), Nervous Talk, The Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada), First Base (Toronto, ON, Canada) aтd Pale Angels (Swansea, UK). Second block was thrown together kinda las...

Hello Hello Hello! In the first block I played new songs by well known punk bands which released new music this year. This block features new tracks by Millencolin, Good Riddance, Strung Out, The Offspring and Anti-Flag. Second block was a soundtrack to an antiofficial announcement of Rocket From Russia anniversary on June 20th which will feature ToyGuitar, Uptights, Grease Thieves and a special g...