CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

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...

Hello Hello Hello! The first block is great! Really good! If you heard the show before, you probably know what to expect. If you haven’t, then I recommend. This first block features a song premiere by Grease Thieves (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and new tracks by Odin iz Tysyachi (Novosibirsk, Russia), The Brokedowns (Elgin, IL, USA), Success (Seattle, WA, USA) and Red City Radio (Oklahoma City, OK, USA...

Hello Hello Hello! This is a STOMP Records mixtape! WHOLE LOTTA MILKA - Skank [The All Skanadian Club] THE PLANET SMASHERS - Pee In The Elevator [Planet Smashers] THE KINGPINS - The 10 Commandments of Ska [Watch Your Back] SUBB - Brad Nowell [Until The Party Ends] BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH - Rude Boy Don’t Cry [Sounding A Mosaic] THE FLATLINERS - Fred’s Got Slacks [Destroy to Create] THE CREEPSHOW - Buri...

Hello Hello Hello! Another decent episode of Rocket From Russia filled with new and exciting punk rock music. I started off the show with a song by a Russian punk rock band Tarakany! and their song “Kto-to Iz Nas Dvoih” which brought some special memories. Best Russian punk rock band in my opinion! First block features killer pop punk hits. They are all great and all sound pretty much the same, so...

Hello Hello Hello! This new episode features my interview with Wil Wagner of The Smith Street Band and Jeff Rosenstock! We talked lots of different things including rude Calgary girls, Forrest, VIC; The Wonky Donkey, Otways Loft, Wil's hip-hop career, Prescription for Pleasure and of course tacos. In the ene of the show I did a ticket give away to The Real McKeznies and The Isotopes show at The Ri...

Hello Hello Hello! Another episode full of new and awesome punk rock music. First block is great! Fresh hits from Success (Seattle, WA, USA), Western Settings (San Diego, CA, USA), Tenement (Appleton, WI, USA), Poor Form (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Not Scientists (Lyon, France) and Dear Dust (Rome, Italy). And then I did three ticket giveaways, the first one was to The Smith Street Band, Andrew Jacks...

Hello Hello Hello! Another exciting episode of Rocket From Russia full of new punk rock music from all over the world. First block features new wonderful pop punk hits by Top Bunk (New York, NY, USA), The Hextalls, The Isotopes (both Vancouver, BC, Canada), ToyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA), The Dumbheads (Belgorod, Russia), Dwayne (Denver, CO, USA) Second block turned out to be quite internation...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode was fully focused on my recent interview with Chris #2 of Anti-Flag. Last Friday they played The Terror State anniversary show in Vancouver and before their set I got a chance to sit down and talk to Chris. We discussed whole bunch of stuff: process of recording The Terror State, his favorite vegan burrito place in Pittsburgh, connection to Vancouver, their split wi...

Hello Hello Hello! That was the first episode of Rocket From Russia in the new time slot. Starting this week the show will be aired every Tuesday at 10:30am PST. I don’t think it really matters for podcast listeners, but if you’re listening to the show live this could be a relatively useful piece of information. Unfortunately, I started off the show with very sad news. The singer of an amazing Can...

Hello Hello Hello! That was a special Fundrive Request show. Fundrive is the time when we raise money for the station. This year, we’re aiming to raise $40,000 in pledges to support the programming you hear every day and help us get digital! We’re keen to preserve and highlight content from CiTR and Discorder’s past and present, and help you access it all online. It’s a treasure trove covering ove...

Hello Hello Hello! What a surprise - this episode starts with a block of new pop punk hits performed by Teenage Bottlerocket (Laramie, WY, USA), toyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA), The Hextalls, The Isotopes, Fashionism (all from Vancouver, BC, Canada). Second block includes some big names, new amazing tracks from Millencolin (Örebro, Sweden), Strung Out (Simi Valley, CA, USA), The Real Mckenzies...

Hello Hello Hello! Today on the show I had a guest in studio, #13 Evan October of the World Greatest Baseball themed Punk Rock Band The Isotopes. They released a brand new fantastic album “Nuclear Strikezone”, which came out this week on Stomp Records. We talked about their new release, working with Blag from Dwarves, falling in love with a Yankees Fan, MLB Fancave, Alex Rodriguez and his steroids...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode of Rocket From Russia was based around my recent interview with legendary Canadian comedian, actor, writer and director Bruce McCulloch. We talked about his brand new TV Series Young Drunk Punk and Calgarian punk scene in the 80s. In the end of the show i played new songs by The Generators, Bishops Green and DAGRS, they are playing a show at the Pat’s Pub this weeke...

Hello Hello Hello! February 5th is a special day, if you’ve been living under a concretion, its the birthday of Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark. And in celebration of her 43rd birthday, I decided to play my favorite punk bands from Denmark. This block featured hits by Mighty Midgets (Aalborg), Stars Burn Stripes (Copenhagen), Snipers (Copenhagen), Glow Kit (Aarhus), The 20 Belows (Copenhagen). Nex...

Hello Hello Hello! Another new episode of Rocket From Russia featuring new punk rock music! Let’s get right into that! Block #1 represents my favorite music - different types of pop punk! New hits from Toyguitar (San Francisco, CA, USA), Good Shade (Columbus, OH, USA), The Schatzis (Vancouver, BC, Canada), The Brokedowns (Elgin, IL, USA), Poor Form (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Block #2 features faster...

Hello Hello Hello! This is the first episode of the year with some new punk rock music! First block features brand new hardcore songs by Raised Fist (Luleå, Sweden), Giver (Köln/Paderborn, Germany), Dysnea Boys (Berlin, Germany), Atlas Losing Grip (Malmö, Sweden), Turnstile (Baltimore, OH, USA). Then I played a block of new pop punk music from Brat'ya Piloty (Novosibirsk, Russia), Brookhurst (Los...

Hello Hello Hello comrades! This episode features my interview with wonderful Chuck Ragan! We talked about his brand new studio album "Till Midnight", Revival Tour, new soundtrack for a computer game, saving Dave Hause from being mugged in Canada, Chuck's love for burritos and a special question from Jon Snodgrass! And in the second part of the show I did a few tickets give aways to a few cool loc...

Hello Hello Hello! Happy New Year my friends! Welcome to the first Rocket From Russia episode of 2015! This episode features my interview with fantastic band Toys That Kill from San Pedro, CA. They played in Vancouver in the very end of last year and before the show I sat down with the whole band. It ended up being a great interview in my opinion! We talked about their brand new split 7” with Joyc...

Hello Hello Hello! Welcome to the last episode of Rocket From Russia in 2014. As usual, last episode of the year features my favories songs released in the past 12 months. This year I listened to 1216 releases which came out in 2014 and it was very tought to pick songs for a speacial 2 hour episode. Unfortunately, I had to leave out quite a few songs which I liked a lot. So this episode features t...

Hello Hello Hello! That was the second last episode of the year and its time for reviews, tops and other summary-type-of-bullshit. I’m a nerd that way! I like doing lists and tops of my favorite releases in the end of the year. Since I started doing this show 5 years ago, always last two episodes of the year were Best Of the Year Vancouver Edition and overall Best Of The Year episode. I feel that’...

Hello Hello Hello! Rocket From Russia has a slogan “playing new, international and local punk rock music for your listening punk rock pleasure” and this episode is the perfect validation for that! In the first block I played brand new songs by Rancid (Berkeley, CA, USA), NOI!SE (Tacoma, WA, USA), The Rebel Spell (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Citramons (Kaliningrad, Russia), Bishops Green (Vancouver, BC...

UPDATE: Sorry we had some technical problems at the station. This episode is available here: http://rocketfromrussia.tumblr.com/post/104536810694 Hello Hello Hello! Full hour of new an exciting punk rock music! After I got back from The Fest, I realized that it helped me to open and expand my punk rock taste. It was so exciting to see like-minded people being stoked on bands which I never gave a p...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode was focused on my recent interview with Johnny Bonnell of Swingin’ Utters. We talked about their brand new studio album “Fistful of Hollow”, songwriting with different band members, songwriting with Johnny’s wife, different upcoming side projects featuring Swingin’ Utters members, potential trip to Russia and opening for Toy Dolls. And in the end of the show I did a...

Hello Hello Hello! WOW! The Fest was amazing! Life changing experience for sure!!! I would say that it is impossible to describe fully how phenomenal Fest 13 was….! Yes! SUPERSUCCESS! We got back the night before and I didn’t have much time to prepare, so I played a few new tracks by super bands (Lagwagon, Swingin’ Utters and The Smith Street Band) and then played my highlights of Fest 13 which in...

Wagwan Wagwan Wagwan! I was away this week. Right after Fest 13 we went to Jamaica and here’s a reggae mixtape because of this! JIMMY CLIFF - The Harder They Come [The Harder They Come] BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Sun Is Shining [Kaya] MAX ROMEO & THE UPSETTERS - I Chase The Devil [War Ina Babylon] JUNIOR MURVIN - Police and Thieves [Police and Thieves] DELROY WILSON - You’re Riding For A Fall [Mon...