CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! I opened the show with a block of new punk rock music from Europe. Brand new hits from F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium), Port(812) (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Odin iz Tysyachi (Novosibirsk, Russia), Wizo (Sindelfingen, Germany), Montreal (Hamburg, Germany) Then I talked to Byron of Invasives about their new album “Robot Stink”, their recent Canadian tour, Bummer Records, their new/old rar...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode was built around my recent interview with Steve and Zack of PUP from Toronto, ON, Canada. We talked about Mexican food, pogs, Buckfast, NHL 15 and their song in it! And in the end of the show I did a ticket give away to The Vicious Cycles, Thee Manipulators, The Mants and High Wasted show at The Hindenburg. JAY REATARD - My Shadow [Blood Visions] PUP - Reservoir [PU...

Hello Hello Hello! Welcome to this anniversary episode #100! One hundred episodes of punk rock radioshow Rocket From Russia! Pretty cool, I guess! I had a pretty exciting episode to match big 100! I interviewed Joey Cape of Lagwagon / One Week Records and Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners this week. We talked about new Joey's label One Week Records, Chris's album for One Week Records, demos, produ...

Hello Hello Hello! I started this episode with some new and catchy punk rock tunes by Wringer (Bloomington, IN, USA), Dead Bars (Seattle, WA, USA), Montreal (Hamburg, Germany), Boardroom Heroes (Bethesda, MD, USA) and PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada). Then I did two ticket giveaways, one for Uke Hunt show at The Railway Club and the other one for Slim Cessna’s Auto Club show at the Wise Hall. Right after...

Hello Hello Hello! I started off things with a new killer track by Lagwagon followed up by newish tracks by Only Crime, GOB and Comeback Kid. Then after one antisuccessful attempt I managed to interview Jesse LeBourdais. We talked about his amazing new album “Long Winter”, upcoming Quebec/Ontario tour and hear his brand new song called “Things Will Get Better”. Right after that I did to ticket giv...

Hello Hello Hello! Today on the show I had a guest in the studio (which is always exciting). Patrick of Hosehead Records stopped by and we talked about his label, being a small record label in current circumstances of music industry, reasoning behind tape releasing/buying, process of releasing a record, differences between Vancouver and Toronto scenes and printing bootlegged t-shirts for The White...

Hello Hello Hello! In the first block I grouped together songs from the albums which were released this year by legendary bands Dwarves, 7Seconds, Bob Mould, Only Crime, Adolescents. Next block featured wonderful girl sang and fronted bands: Baby Ghosts (Salt Lake City, UT, USA), Earth Girls (Chicago, IL, USA), Poor Form (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Martha (Durham, UK) And then I did two ticket giv...

Hello Hello Hello! Today was the show of new music. In the first block I played some new pop punk, duh! New fabulous tracks by The Copyrights (Carbondale, IL, USA), Hospital Job (Springfield, IL, USA), Joyce Manor (Torrance, CA, USA), Bad Cop/Bad Cop (Los Angeles, CA, USA), The 20 Belows (Copenhagen, Denmark), DeeCracks (Vienna, Austria). Next block was dedicated to Ryan who is the regular listene...

Hello Hello Hello! Lots of new awesome punk rock music in this episode of Rocket From Russia. First block features new tracks by PUP (Toronto, ON, Canada), The Menzingers (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Banner Pilot (Minneapolis, MN, USA), Modern Baseball (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Roll The Tanks (Lowell, MA, USA). Next block featured skacore/crack rock steady songs by Morning Glory (New York, NY, USA), Th...

Hello Hello Hello! The main focus of this episode was on the new album by Needles//Pins “Shamebirds” and my interview with Adam who plays guitar and sings in this amazing band from Vancouver, BC. In the interview we obviously discussed their new album, European tour, Adam’s new band Poor Form and gave away a pair of tickets to their album release show at Antisocial. And then I did a ticket giveawa...

Hello Hello Hello! That was a 100% local show! I started with a few brand new tracks by local bands White Lung, The Binz, B-Lines, Bishops Green and Emergency. Then we chatted with Byron from Invasives over the phone about the release of their new studio album Robot Stink, their upcoming tour and album release show. After the interview I played another block of new local music which featured track...

Hello Hello Hello! This whole episode was built around my recent interview with Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad! We talked about their brand new album “Christmas Island”, writing songs under the influence of fever, their connection and friendship with Xiu Xiu, covers by Andrew Jackson Jihad and other bands covering Andrew Jackson Jihad and of course their most rare and most popular records....

Hello Hello Hello! I started the show with a block of new Ukulele-Gutterbilly-Bluegrass songs by The Pukes (London, UK), Old Man Markley (San Fernando Valley, CA, USA), The Goddamn Gallows (Detroit, MI, USA), Fishgutzzz & His Ignorant Band (South Warren, MI, USA) and Uke Hunt (San Francisco, CA, USA). Then I played tracks by Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls and Dogbreth, because they played a show...

Hello Hello Hello! This was very exciting! Last week I got a chance to talk to Blue Intruder of Masked Intruder! This band has been my favorite new band of the past three years. I love everything about them: their music, their style, their lyrics, the whole story and a magical feel of illegality! Before their show at the Biltmore Cabaret we sat down with Blue Intruder at the park and talked about...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new ska-punk-rock tracks by Lyapis Trubetskoi(Minsk, Belarus), P.O. Box (Nancy, France), Discoballs (Prague, Czech Republic), Kemuri (Japan), The Planet Smashers (Montreal, QC, Canada) and The Skinny (Montreal, QC, Canada). Second block features hits by Masked Intruder, The Dwarves, The Queers and The Atom Age. All those four amazing bands are playing tonigh...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! This episode includes my interview with Nick and Devon of Direct Hit! We talked about their new album “Brainless God”, their side projects, Jesus Bonehead and the cost of shipping a bible in United States. In the end of the show I played tracks by local bands B-Lines, Stress Eating, Lie and Woolworm which played B-Lines record release party. ANDREW W.K. - Don’t Sell Hot Do...

Hello Hello Hello! Here’s another episode of Rocket From Russia full of punk rock new music. In the first block i played new garage-pop-punk tracks by The Steve Adamyk Band (Otawa, ON, Canada), Sonic Avenues (Montreal, QC, Canada), Dinos Boys (Atlanta, GA, USA), together PANGEA (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Nancy (USA), Skaters (New York, NY, USA) and Novedades Carminha (Santiago De Compostela, Spain)....

Hello Hello Hello! This is another episode of Rocket From Russia full of new and awesome punk rock music. The first block includes new pop punk tracks by Hospital Job (Springfield, IL, USA), Bad Cop/Bad Cop (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Masked Intruder (Madison, WI, USA), The Manges (La Spezia, Italy), The 20Belows (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Deecracks (Vienna, Austria). Second block is a bit heavier and...

Olá Olá Olá! This a very special episode of Rocket From Russia - World Cup 2014 Punk Rock Preview!!! 32 punk/ska/reggae/hardcore bands from 32 nations which participate in 2014 World Cup in Brazil! Enjoy this fabolous diversity of punk rock scene! 30 out of 32 bands sign in their native language! GROUP A: SEKTA CORE - Menos Yo [Evil 6] MADAME MACHADO - Menininha [Sem Pedir Pra Entrar] CHERKEZI UNI...

Hello Hello Hello! Here’s my summer pop punk contribution to La-Ta-Da Records Mixtapes! DEAR LANDLORD - I Live In Hell [Dream Homes] THE DOPAMINES - Operate [Soap And Lampshades] MEAN JEANS - Born On A Saturday Night [Are You Serious?] TURKISH TECHNO - Lazy Afternoon [Past Due] FEAR OF LIPSTICK - Just For A Moment [Fear of Lipstick] COBRA SKULLS - Never Be A Machine [Never Be A Machine 7”] DIRECT...

Here’s another mixtape! This time I grouped together songs from Fat Wreck Chords compilations. Four tracks from each volume! I obviously LOVE Fat Wreck Chords and I think this is a killer mixtape! Enjoy! LAGWAGON - Know It All [Fat Music For Fat People] GOOD RIDDANCE - United Cigar [Fat Music For Fat People] RANCID - Just A Feeling [Fat Music For Fat People] PROPAGANDHI - Homophobes Are Just Pisse...

Hello Hello Hello! Extra exciting episode of Rocket From Russia, featuring new music, an interview and a ticket giveaway! I opened the show with a block of pop punk songs including new supertracks by Deecracks (Vienna, Austria), Gnarwolves (Brighton, UK), Dear Landlord (Carbondale, IL, USA), Bad Cop/Bad Cop (Los Angeles, CA, USA), Flatcat (Bruges, Belgium) and F.O.D. (Duffel, Belgium). In the seco...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new tracks by Noi!se (Tacoma, WA), 5MDR (Savona, Italy), Dog Company (Dallas, TX, USA), Bishops Green (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Despite Everything (Athens, Greece), The Shell Corporation (Berkeley, CA, USA) and Broilers (Düsseldorf, Germany). And in the second part of the show I played a few tracks by awesome bands which are playing in Vancouver this weekend....

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Atom Willard who was and is drummer for Against Me!, Rocket From The Crypt, Angels & Airwaves, The Offspring, Social Distortion, theHELL, Danko Jones, The Special Goodness, Crankshaft and Custom Floor. We talked about his involvement “Transgender Dysphoria Blues”, new album by Against Me!; his drumming style, working with Matt Skiba and Pa...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features a super worldwide radio premiere of a new track called “Dark Personality” by Canadian ska-punk legends The Planet Smashers. Smashers have a brand new album “Mixed Messages" which will be released on (obviously!) Stomp Records on April 8th. They are also coming to Vancouver soon!!! Also, this episode features new songs by Banner Pilot, The Lawrence Arms, The...