CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! Few months ago I started a Spotify playlist called “Vancouver Punk”. This playlist of local music isn’t limited to punk rock, but limited to what is available in Spotify’s library. The goal of this playlist is to celebrate awesome local music scene we have in Vancouver and to help people discover those great local bands. I already have 150+ bands on the list right now and it kee...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features songs my 5 favorite release of the year to date. In no particular order Anti-Flag (Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Hi-Standard (Tokyo, Japan), The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH, USA), Cock Sparrer (London, UK) and Frenzal Rhomb (Sydney, Australia). In the second block I previewed Festerval and played tracks by Dwarves (San Francisco, CA, USA), Dead Kennedys (CA, USA), Fas...

Hello Hello Hello! First pop punk block is great and features new fantastic songs by The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH, USA), Frenzal Rhomb (Sydney, Australia), Hi-Standard (Tokyo, Japan), Robot Bachelor (Springfield, IL, USA), The Lillingtons (Wyoming, WY, USA), Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Teenage Bottlerocket (Laramie, WY, USA). Second block is great as well because it consists of fantastic...

Consider this episode of Rocket From Russia if you're going for a run. NOFX - It's My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite [So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes] BAD RELIGION - Supersonic [The Process Of Belie?] NO USE FOR A NAME - Biggest Lie [The Feel Good Record Of The Year] RANCID - Poison [Rancid 2000] GOOD RIDANCE - Dry Season [Peace In Our Time] PROPAGANDHI - The State-Lottery [Less Talk, More Rock]...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features some great new hits which came out this year including songs by Anti-Flag (Pittsburgh, PA, USA), The Flatliners (Toronto, ON, Canada), The Menzingers (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Frenzal Rhomb (Sydney, Australia) and Worriers (Brooklyn, NY, USA). There have been many great local and not so local shows in Vancouver recently and I’m having a really great time prev...

Hello Hello Hello! My band Russian Tim and Pavel Bures played a wedding party with Green Day and blink-182 so I celebrated that. And then I did two ticket giveaways to Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs, The Ballantynes, Uptights, Pet Blessings @ Rickshaw and Worriers, Thin Lips, Shameover, Corner Boys @ Astoria. THE DREADNOUGHTS - Foreign Skies [Foreign Skies] RUSSIAN TIM AND PAVEL BURES - Alkogolik [Pu...

Hello Hello Hello! Holy Budapest! This first block is great and full of new European punk rock. One of the best blocks of the year! New hits by Derozer (Vicenza, Italy), Die Toten Hosen (Düsseldorf, Germany), Booze & Glory, Riskee & the Ridicule (both London, UK), Itchy (Eislingen an der Fils, Germany), F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium) and Montreal (Hamburg, Germany). And I did two ticket give aways to Nekr...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new hits by Hard Girls (San Jose, CA, USA), Rozwell Kid (West Virginia, WV, USA), Iron Chic (Long Island, NY, USA), Worriers (Brooklyn, NY, USA) and Screaming Females (New Brunswick, NJ, USA). And I previewed two shows: Ellesmere, Contra Code, Loser Points, Modern Terror show at SBC and Johnny & the Tit Whistles, War Amp and Fu Kon Riots at SBC же and BA Joh...

Hello Hello Hello! This weekend is filled with great shows in Vancouver, so in this episode I previewed a few shows which will exist in that time frame and beyond: September 21, Giuda, Buster Shuffle, Vicious Cycles MC @ Rickshaw September 22, Greg Rekus, Dead End Drive-In, Cras , Seth Anderson September 23, Fableway, Contra Code, Shockload @ Pub 340 September 25, Sheer Mag, Woolworm, BB @ Ricksha...

Hello Hello Hello! In this episode I played my interview with Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre of Simple Plan. Last week they celebrated the 15th anniversary of their debut album “No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls” in Vancouver and I got a chance to speak to the guys before the show. Obviously we talked about the album, challenges and successes of working with a producer who never recorded pop punk...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Atom Willard of Against Me! We spoke about their new album “Shape Shift with Me”, song writing process, playing at the House of Strombo, playing Reinventing Axl Rose at the Fest and of course I asked about theHELL. Against Me! are playing a show at The Vogue theatre on September 8th. I also previewed a local show and played tracks by Shock...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my good buddy Stu Ross of Comeback Kid, Daggermouth and Youth Decay! New Comeback Kid album is called “The Outsider” and it comes out on September 8th. Stu played a couple of hits of that new album, told why CBK don’t play songs of Broadcasting live, broke the news that he was the first person in the world to hear new Propagandhi album, defended his acousti...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had Giles, Alex and Nick (and Heather listened from a bowling alley) of Woolworm. They released an amazing album “Deserve To Die” which came out on Mint Records on August 25th. We obviously talked about the album, woolworm as a hardworking band, how many pizzas it took to record “Deserve To Die”, Alex’es high school trip to Italy, favorite genre of metal, the very ha...

Hello Hello Hello! The first block is really great! Some new killer garage pop punk tunes by Together Pangea (Newhall, CA, USA), Cheap Whine, New Swears (both Ottawa, ON, Canada) and Needles//Pins (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Second block is partypartyafterparty! New tracks by Gogol Bordello (New York, NY, USA), Paddy And The Rats (Miskolc, Hungary), Dubioza Kolektiv (Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina),...

Hello Hello Hello! Finally, a normal episode of Rocket From Russia! Full of new punk rock music! First block features new hits by Propagandhi, Comeback Kid (both Winnipeg, MB, Canada), Blood Command (Bergen, Norway) and Gnarwolves (Brighton, UK). Second block is fast because it features new superhits by such bads as 88 Fingers Louie (Chicago, IL, USA), The Bombpops (Oceanside, CA, USA), Dizzy Sunf...

Hello Hello Hello! Before Rocket From Russia FEST myself and Dan Garrison of The Corps and The Real McKenzies got together in CiTR studio and previewed a local compilation Punkouver vol. 1. This comp features brand new exclusive track by The Crops, You Big Idiot, Russian Tim and Pavel Bures, ATD, Shockload, AntEater plus track by all the other great bands which played Rocket From Russia FEST! THE...

Hello Hello Hello! This week I had in studio my friend #13 Evan October of Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club. The Topes are headlining the Rocket From Russia FEST and released a brand new album “1994 World Series Champions” earlier this year. I felt like those two reasons were good enough to invite Evan to the studio and broadcast him on radio and even Instagram Live. We discussed their new album,...

Hello Hello Hello! First block is full of great pop punk because it features new super hits by Teenage Bottlerocket (Laramie, WY, USA), The Priceduifkes (Belgium), Robot Bachelor (Springfield, IL, USA), F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium) and The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH, USA). Another preview of Rocket From Russia FEST and this time it features superhits by The Dead Hits, ATD, AntEater, Ellesmere and Skells....

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Macey who plays drums in a great local bands called Needles//Pins. We spoke about their new fantastic record “Good Night, Tomorrow”, process of recording and sound of the new album, addition of legendary Jesse Gander to the group, her amazing burrito shop Budgies Burritos, what is the best thing to order there and some old pictures. NEEDlL...

Hello Hello Hello! This is a preview of Rocket From Russia Fest which is happening in Vancouver on July 21-22nd at The Media Club. The RFR Fest features 12 great local punk bands and this will be a celebration of great Vancouver punk rock scene! Two-day weekend passes are available HERE - $20. THE ISOTOPES - Bleacher Creature Girl [Nuclear Strikezone] YOU BIG IDIOT - Run Home Jack [Happy Thoughts]...

Hello Hello Hello! Today on Rocket From Russia my interview with one my favourite people to talk to in punk rock - Ryan Young from Off With Their Heads. We talked about their new acoustic album “Won’t Be Missed”, his friendship with Bill Stevenson, podcast Anxious and Angry, how Jon Snodgrass had to change his touring route and even a lyrics to a song, how Less Than Jake hated OWTH so much so they...

Hello Hello Hello! This first pop punk block is the best pop punk block I’ll play all year mainly because it has best tracks from new releases by The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH, USA), The Priceduifkes (Belgium), The Lillingtons (Newcastle, WY, USA), Capital Youth (Geneva, Switzerland) and Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Then I previewed an acoustic show which featured Off With Their Heads, Fire N...

Hello Hello Hello! Of course I played some punk rock music, but the highlight of the show was when a group of young Japanese students participated in the show. They waved at me through the glass and of course I invited them to join the show. Listen to it, they are super cute (and I very rarely use this word). New tracks by Frenzal Rhomb (Sydney, Australia), F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium), Goldfinger (Los...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new tracks by The Smith Street Band (Melbourne, Australia), The Flatliners (Toronto, ON, Canada), Rozwell Kid (West Virginia, USA), Captain, We’re Sinking (Scranton, PA, USA) and Kamikaze Girls (Leeds, UK). Second block features locals The Greatest Sons, You Big Idiot, AANTHEMS and Dead End Drive-In who played a tour kick off show. DIE TOTEN HOSEN - Hier kom...

Ni Hao Ni Hao Ni Hao! This month we celebrate Asian Heritage at CiTR and our lovely Program Manager Madeline offered me to participate. I always gladly jump on those opportunities because I love international punk rock. In this episode I played bands from Japan, South Korea, Israel, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Singapore and Turkey. THE PRISONER - Hyouryu G...