CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! In this episode my interview with Max of an amazing band Sonic Avenues from Montreal, QC, Canada. We discussed their last studio album “Television Youth”, songwriting for their upcoming 3rd studio album, upcoming global 7”s, Max’s first band - The Kamikazes and his passion for Dirtnap Records. And in the end of the show songs by the bands which will be playing at Guttermouth & A...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! This week we were audited by SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada). Their job is to make sure that we are following Canadian content rules and that at least 35% of our airplay is partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. Very official! For us it’s never a problem, be we support a lot of Canadian...

Hello Hello Hello! Here’s a new episode of Rocket From Russia full of new punk rock music! First block includes new songs by Тараканы! (Moscow, Russia), ZSK (Berlin, Germany), The Flatliners (Toronto, Canada), Adrenalized (San Sebastian, Spain), Implants (Los Angeles, USA), The Shell Corporation (Burbank, USA). Second block includes a few oi!/streetp...

Hello Hello Hello! This new episode is fully based around my interview with legendary Dan Vapid who is and was member of such awesome bands like Dan Vapid and The Cheats, Screeching Weasel, The Methadones, Riverdales, Sludgeworth, The Mopes, Noise By Numbers, The Queers, Generation Waste, DSB, Subverts and Angel Slayer. Not bad, eh? We discussed his new album “Two” which is probably one of the bes...

Hello Hello Hello! Here's the new episode and it features my interview with wonderful Jon Snodgrass who is the member of Drag The River, Scorpios, Armchair Martian and performs as a solo artist. We discussed new Drag The River album, songs about fishing, friendship with Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Jon's fictional hockey career at a fictional hockey team Fullerton Stars and many many projects that Jon...

Hello Hello Hello! It's been too long since I've done a show with new music. Summer is a busy touring time and many awesome bands are going through town, so I can't miss an opportunity to talk to those amazing artists. By the way, I do a pretty good job updating the list of upcoming shows in Vancouver, on my blog - http://rocketfromrussia.tumblr.com First block features new tracks by Dan Vapid And...

Hello Hello Hello! Pretty good episode in my opinion! Two interviews in it! Double success! My first interview was with Chris and Scott of my favorite Canadian punk band The Flatliners. Those handsome Ontarioanians released two amazing songs on a split 7” with Make Do and Mend and their brand new album “Dead Language" comes out on Fat Wreck Chords on September 17th. Those were the two main topics...

Hello Hello Hello! It’s been one year since Tony Sly of No Use For A Name passed away. No Use always will be one of the most important bands in my life, because they were the first proper punk rock band from North America which I saw back in 2003 at La Gabbia Music Club, Bassano de Grappa, Italy. About a month ago, the band called Scorpios came through Vancouver. This is a band which originally fe...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features two great interviews with Direct Hit! (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and Lipstick Homicide (Coralville, Iowa). With Nick, Devon and Danny (Direct Hit!) we discussed their new album “Brainless God", their side-projects, criticism of their Dead Kennedys cover set and playing at Dipping Station. Luke from Lipstick Homicide talked about their new studio album “Out Uter...

Hello Hello Hello! Unexpectedly this episode happened to be a two hour show. Success! In the first part of the show I played my interview with Jamin and Ian of an amazing band Larry And His Flask from Bend, Oregon, USA. We talked about their new album "By The Lamplight”, soul covers, Hobo’s Lament album art and gambling game cee-lo. Then I gave away tickets to Dead Ghosts Record Release show and p...

Hello Hello Hello! It was Nardwuar’s birthday this week and I decided to celebrate it with a special show. Nardwuar the Human Serviette is the legend of music journalism! I really respect his love and passion for music. Through his amazing interviews, Nardwuar loves to introduce listeners to the music which they would have never heard otherwise. For this episode, I decided to take those introducti...

Hello Hello Hello! What a wonderful band! What a wonderful people!! What a wonderful interview!!! This episode is based on my brand new interview with Annie and Katie of a cool band called Old Man Markley from Los Angeles, USA. They played a brilliant show at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver this week. If you haven’t heard Old Man Markley before, they are a seven-piece band which is playing a rea...

Ola Ola Ola!!! This week I had over at the studio the members of two local ska-punk bands - Johnny and Skiff of Bone Daddies and Garrett of The Brass Action. Both bands have their brand new albums out this month. Bone Daddies released Sinister City on June 21st and Making Waves by The Brass Action comes out on June 25th. Check out some 604-ska! Boooooooooom! BONE DADDIES - Sinister City [Sinister...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! 2-Hour special full of new punk rock! As always I covered new, international and local punk rock music. I'm not gonna do that usual listing of all the awesome bands which I played on the show, because there are too many of them. Just download the episode and check out loads of fresh punk rock music! I promise that you'll like at least four songs! RISE AGAINST - Heaven Know...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! BOOOM! This has happened! The Steve Adamyk Band arrived to Vancouver and ripped the city apart…! They just killed it in Astoria last Saturday!!! Before the show I got a chance to sit down with Steve and Davey on the parking lot, and despite all unsuccessful attempts of secret policia spies to arrest us, we conducted a pretty well spoken and laughed interview. We discussed...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I got a chance to talk to Stu McKillop who is a former member of Daggrmouth, member of Precursor, In Bear Country and Aspirations, co-owner of Gold Stock Records and the boss at Rain City Recorders. Stu is one of the most important people on Canadian punk / hardcore / metal scene, not only because he is a very talented musician, but also because he records and produces...

Privet Privet Privet! Originally, the plan for this episode was to play my interview with Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew, but unfortunately the band was denied at the border and had to cancel their show along with our interview. I found that out last night and I was pretty limited in time to prepare for this episode, because it usually takes me at least 4-5 hours to prepare for a new episode. I wa...

Happy Hello Hello Hello my friends! Alright, the first block includes new and fresh songs by pretty well known punk bands - Transplants, U.K. Subs, Bad Religion, Left Alone, Swingin’ Utters, Plow United, Anti-Flag. By the way, “Poorly Formed” by Swingin’ Utters is still my favorite album which came out in 2013. Second block was fast, maybe even too fast. Opened this second block of fast punk music...

Hello Hello Hello! Another ecstatic episode of Rocket From Russia includes two interviews. First one with Jimmy of Polar Bear Club. The band was on tour with Bad Religion and I got a chance to speak to Jimmy after their set. We talked about how their drummer became member of Bad Religion, stupidity and humor behind their promo photos and a movie “The Next Good One”. The second interview was with m...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features a collection of new and fast punk rock with tracks by Night Birds, Paint It Black, Up For Nothing, Brutal Youth and Contra Code. In the second block I decided to play a few fresh ska tunes by Streetlight Manifesto (USA), Ska-P (Spain) and The Filaments (UK). And in the end, like always, a block of local music by the bands which played shows in Vancouver this...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! This is another episode of Rocket From Russia, weekly punk rock radioshow on CiTR 101.9 fm / citr.ca in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Another one hour long mix of new, international and local punk rock music. I started off things with a block of new pop punk and played new awesome tracks by The Steve Adamyk Band, FIDLAR, Broadway Calls, Warm Soda and NEEDLES//PINS. Great stuff! R...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! I think this episode of "Rocket From Russia" what the show is all about - new, international and local punk rock. Those are the three main aspects and types of punk rock music I try to build my show around. I started off things with a block of awesome new punk rock and fresh tracks by Bad Religion, Broadway Calls, Less Than Jake, Off With Their Heads, Alkaline Trio and RVI...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! This week our station is being audited by SOCAN. As a radiostation in Canada we need to meet certain retirements. One of the biggest ones is playing certain percentage of Canadian content on air. When they pick my show for the audit I always try to play as much as possible local and Canadian bands to score ace on this audit! And it’s awesome to celebrate local talent anywa...

Happiest Hello Hello Hello! Pretty busy episode which includes 2 interviews. First one with Johnny of Swingin’ Utters. The band released brand new album “Poorly Formed” and in my opinion this is one of the best records released this year so far. It was very exciting to talk to Johnny about this brand new awesome release. New album by Swingin’ Utters - Poorly Formed, highly recommend!!! In the seco...

Happy Hello Hello Hello, my friends! This was a FUNDRIVE special episode. What it is FUNDRIVE? It's an annual event when the station asks our listeners for support. We are non-profit radiostation and we don't bombard our listeners with commercials, so we don't have too much income coming in. This year, we’re aiming to raise $30,000 in pledges to support our quality programming and operations, and...