CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! Needless to say, that was one of the most exciting interviews I’ve ever done! Joey Cape is one of my favorite songwriters in the world and Lagwagon is one my favorite bands. In this interview we discussed band’s new boxset “Putting Music In Its Place”, Joey’s other projects (Bad Loud, The Playing Favorites, Bad Astronaut) and current state of Lagwagon. Truly a fantastic experien...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! I opened the show with a block of tracks by Swingin' Utters, Old Man Markley, Larry and His Flask, Billy's Band. In the second block I tried taking requests through twitter. We are using hashtag #citrrequest at the station and looks like it's working :) Thanks for all the tweets and great requests! And the final block includes tracks by the bands from a compilation The Par...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode was built around my recent interview with Tom May of The Menzingers. I decided to take a little bit usual angle for our conversation. I know that Tom’s favorite band is The Clash and I pitched him an idea of doing an interview about this legendary band and his relationship with their music. Tom gladly accepted my offer :) In the first part we discussed how Tom disco...

Hello Hello Hello!!! In the first part of the interview I played new tracks by Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, Off With Their Heads, Broadway Calls, Less Than Jake, SNUFF!. Not bad, eh? All those brilliant bands have brand new albums in 2013 and this a great start of the year…SUCCESS! In the second half of the show, I played my interview with Stefan Levasseur of Canadian band Choke. The band played i...

Happy Hello! That was a bit unusual episode of Rocket From Russia. Usually I play new music or interviews bands. But this episode was focused around all those great shows which are happening in Vancouver this spring. Spring is usually a very busy time for shows and touring bands, but this year it’s just exceptional. Just check out this list of shows. February 1, SNFU, Folders, Bad PR @ Funky Winke...

Happy Hello! This week I had over Adam of NEEDLES//PINS. An amazing powery poppy garagey punkish band from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Their debut album 12:34 came out on Mammoth Cave Recording Co last year and ended up being on way too many "Best of 2012" lists, including my very own. We discussed that album, working with La-Ti-Da Records, plans of recording NOFX cover and how cool it is when Nardwuar...

Happy Hello Hello Hello my friends! Absolutely unexpectedly, that happened to be a two-hour episode. Jason, who is the host of Relentlessly Awesome, show after me, couldn’t make it to the station and I had an extra hour. Like I planned, I played my interview with Katie of The Mahones and played bands which are playing at Sharks! On Fire! CD Release Party (Sharks! On Fire!, On Call Heroes, High Hop...

Hello Hello Hello! Welcome to the episode #11 of weekly punk rock radioshow Rocket From Russia on CiTR 101.9 fm in Vancouver, BC, Canada! In the very first block I decided to focus on a great Canadian punk rock label called When’s Lunch Records from Edmonton, AB. I have a lot respect for the guys who run small record labels because they love what they do and they are passionate about music. Andy w...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! Episode #10 has arrived! Loads of international music! First block features new songs by Pour Habit (Compton, CA, USA), Local Resident Failure (Australia), Brixton Robbers (Montreal, Canada), Misplace (Burgos, Spain), Precursor (Vancouver, Canada) and Pacer (London, UK). Second blocks features ska songs by even more international bands - Blade Loki (Wrocław, Poland),...

Hello Hello Hello! That was a very interesting episode - two interviews with two Greek bands. Success! Not that often we get a chance to see Greek bands live, but this October punk band Despite Everything and metal band Septic Flesh performed in Vancouver. Obviously, me and my Greek friend Manos had to talk to them. Personally, for me it was very interesting to talk to independent bands from the o...

Hello Hello Hello! The whole episode was built around my recent interview with Ryan Young, who is the main guy in awesome band called Off With Their Heads. In my opinion the interview turned out to be supergreat! Ryan told about their new studio album, challenges and successes of working with Bill Stevenson, crazy story about their split 7” with Discharge and being on more than 20 different record...

Hello Hello Hello…or…Ahoy to the listeners of this radioshow and podcast! New episode has arrived and it includes a lot of new music. In the very first block I tried to combine bands from different scenes and even different countries under the roof of one genre (at least in my head). Its for you to judge if this plan has worked and this block sounded organic, but it includes fresh songs by The Riv...

Triple Hello my friends! Wow! That was a great show! At least I think so! So many phone calls and tweets from regular listeners! Thanks guys for your support! This makes me mega happy! In the first block I decided to play new songs by a pretty well known bands in the punk rock world - Bad Religion, NOFX, Propagandhi, Anti-Flag, Pennywise, The Bouncing Souls. In my opinion, all those “big” punk ban...

Happy Hello Hello Hello! This episode was built around great local record label LaTiDa Records. My guest Tim Horner started this label with his friend Dale Davies back in 2005 and the label is focused on limited run vinyl 45s and LPs. Tim (along with Dale, Corey and Vanessa) is also a man behind great festival Fall Down / Get Down which is happening in Vancouver November 1-4 and includes performan...

Hello Hello Hello! Here's the new episode of the weekly punk rock show, "Rocket From Russia". This episode was built around my recent interview with Vinnie Fiorello. Vinnie is known in the punk rock world as the drummer and lyricist of the legendary ska-punk band, Less Than Jake. He is also involved in several other interesting projects. He owns a record label called Paper + Plastick Records, whic...

Hello Hello Hello! First of all, I’d like to apologize for the quality of online stream of todays show on citr.ca. Few of you tweeted that stream sucked :( To be quite honest with you, I’m not sure what caused it, but it’s fixed now. Hopefully it won’t happen again. Secondly, I’d like to thank you listeners for all your calls, requests and tweets. It unbelievable how many people listen to the show...

Hello Hello Hello my friends! Welcome to the new blog and welcome to the new show - ROCKET FROM RUSSIA! ! ! That was the very first episode of the new show in the new timeslot 10-11 am. The idea of the show stays the same. The focus will be on new punk rock for around the world and obviously lots of local music + interviews with bands. Pretty awesome! In this very first episode I tried to show the...

Hello Hello Hello! That was the last episode of punk rock radio show We All Fall Down. I inherited the show from my good friend Marielle. I’ve been a host of We All Fall Down for almost 3 years now and I think I’m ready for the change. It all started with a change of time slot and then I decided to change the name of the show. I think I came up with a name which reflects my personality and my back...

Hello Hello Hello! In the first half of this episode I’ve played new songs by Agry Bargy (from UK), American Werewolves (USA), Crusades, Propagandhi (both from Canada), Never Been Famous (Austria). I forgot to mention on air that the band American Werewolves was recommended to me by the regular listener of the show - Dexter. Thanks man! In the second part of the show, I’ve played my interview with...

Hello Hello Hello! Yeah, that was my first time on air live in a month and yes, it’s been way too long. Thanks for all the tweets and messages. The reason for my absence was my trip to motherland Russia. I’ve spent there almost three weeks and I was so happy to visit my hometown Novosibirsk first time in 5 years. That was super fantastic time! I had a chance to spend time with my family, my Dad, m...

ONLY CRIME - Sedated [To The Nines] SMOKE OR FIRE - California’s Burning [Above The City] CHIXDIGGIT! - I Remember You [Pink Razors] THE SOVIETTES - Multiply And Divide [LP 3] THE REAL MCKENZIES - 10,000 Shots [10,000 Shots] RANDY - Razorblade [Randy The Band] THE LOVED ONES - Jane [Keep Your Heart] THE SAINTE CATHERINES - I’d Rather Be Part Of The Dying Bungee Scene [Dancings For Decadence] LOVE...

SCREECHING WEASEL - Cool Kids [Bark Like A Dog] SCREW 32 - Painless [Under The Influence Of Bad People] CONSUMED - Heavy Metal Winner [Breakfast At Pappa’s] MAD CADDIES - Road Rash [Duck And Cover] THE DICKIES - My Pop The Cop [My Pop The Cop] THE ATARIS - My Hotel Year [Look Forward To Failure] SICK OF IT ALL - Potential For A Fall [Potential For A Fall] AVAIL - Union [100 Times] LESS THAN JAKE -...

NOFX - The Longest Line [The Longest Line] LAGWAGON - Angry Days [Duh] PROPAGANDHI - Anti-Manifesto [How To Clean Everything] NO USE FOR A NAME - Feeding the Fire [Daily Grind] RANCID - Radio [Radio Radio Radio 7”] 88 FINGERS LOUIE - Go Away [Go Away!] FACE TO FACE - Disconnected [Disconnected] STRUNG OUT - Population Control [Another Day In Paradise] BRACKET - 2Rak005 [Stinky Fingers 7”] GUNS ‘N’...

Hello Hello Hello my friends! That was a very fun episode! Two great interviews! First one was scheduled to be with Joe Keller, bassist of an awesome band called Night Birds, but during the interview the whole band joined Joe and it turned to be super fun and entertaining interview featuring all four members of Night Birds! The second interview was with Ryan from The Atom Age. We've talked about t...

Hello Hello Hello! Obviously we started the show with a song by No Use For a Name in memoriam of Tony Sly who passed two days ago. I was shocked when I found that out… NUFAN was the first band I’ve seen live and always had a special place in my heart. My deepest condolences to Tony’s wife and daughters, FAT family, NUFAN band members and friends. I had my friend Tim over as a guest. Tim was the fi...