CiTR -- Rocket From Russia

Hello Hello Hello! Wow! What a show! Two interviews with members of legendary Vancouver bands which are both playing reunion shows this weekend. Great success! First part of this episode is focused on Daggermouth reunion shows, they are doing two of those: Friday at the Cobalt and Saturday an all-ages show at 333. In order to get all the details of this reunion I talked to Kenny Lush of Daggermout...

Hello Hello Hello! I started the first block with the new superhit “Ghost of A Chance” by Rancid and also played new tracks by The Real McKenzies (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Dropkick Murphys (Boston, MA, USA) and Cock Sparrer (London, UK). And then I previewed a few exciting shows which happened this weekend. CJ Ramone, Big Eyes and Childplay played at the Rickshaw; The Dead Hits, The Spewers, Mooshy...

Hello Hello Hello! Oh shit! The first block starts with a new track by Cock Sparrer of their new superalbum “Forever”. How great is this album? Very great! Also in the first block songs by Booze & Glory, Scandal (both London, UK), Cios (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine) and Dropkick Murphys (Boston, MA, USA). Then the highlight of the show: exclusive premier of “Flames” - new superhit by Jesse LeBourdais. Je...

Hello Hello Hello! Finally! A new block of pop punk music. It’s great mainly because it features new superhits by Isotopes (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Robot Bachelor (Springfield, IL, USA), The Dopamines (Cincinnati, OH, USA), The Bombpops (Oceanside, CA, USA) and Call It Off (Eindhoven, Netherlands). In the second part of the show I told a story how great is my Granny. She is GREAT and I love her a...

Hello Hello Hello! On this episode I previewed very first Rocket From Russia Fest which will take place in Vancouver on July 21-22 at The Media Club. Eleventeen great local bands will play the fest and it will be a celebration of our great local punk rock scene. The line up features Isotopes, You Big Idiot, The Corps, Contra Code, Ellesmere, ATD, AANTHEMS, The Dead Hits, Shockload, Skells and my b...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features some great new hits by Call It Off (Eindhoven, Netherlands), The Bombpops (Oceanside, CA, USA), F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium) and Capital Youth (Geneva, Switzerland). And then was the time for the big premiere. I really like The Dopamines so I was super stoked to present their new superhit “Common Rue” from their album “Tales Of Interest”. Jon Lewis of The Dopamine...

Privet Privet Privet! This episode is great! GOGOL BORDELLO - Wonderlust King [Super Taranta!] TARAKANY! - Ya Ne Veru [Strah I Nenavist] NAIV - Propaganda i Reklama [Rock'n Roll Mertv] $MEX - Delai Gromche [Alkorider] TRI 15 - Ne Stuchi [Vozdushnaya Trevoga] TURNP-LAXX - Solnce [United Spirit Of Punk] GVALT - Ne Ebet [Rubato] F.P.G. - Noch [Gavnorok] D.O.A. - Fucked Up Donald [Fucked Up Donald 7''...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features my interview with Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, The Wandering Birds, Slapstick, The Broadways. I’ve been doing interviews with artists for the past 7 years and that’s definitely one of the best ones so far because Brendan is such a great interviewee, amazing storyteller and in general person with very interesting opinions and background. W...

Hello Hello Hello! As usual for Fundrive I played requests by regular listeners and interviewed the most passionate CiTR listener Adam Ferris. DIGGER - Money Changes Everything [Tattoo Broken Hearts EP] WHITE LUNG - Snake Jaw [Deep Fantasy] Interview with Adam Ferris (Adam Ferris) THE ISOTOPES - Total Juicehead [Nuclear Strikezone] (Adam Ferris) DAGGERMOUTH - Abracadabra Holmes [Turf Wars] (Steve...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode features LOTS of local music. First block features songs by The Dreadnoughts, Ninjaspy, Los Furios, Space Chimp and ATD who played 10 Year Double-Show PunkSTRAVAGANZA. Second block features local bands again, its REDS, Aanthems, AntEater who played a show at LanaLous. And the final block destroys the local monopoly of this episode and features hits by Grizzly Trail...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features hits by Dead Bars, Ramona (both from Seattle, WA, USA) and NEEDLES//PINS, Jesse LeBourdais (both from Vancouver, BC, Canada). Another block to promote a great show which features those fantastic band. Oh yes! My favorite irregular feature “Punk Rockers Are Real People Too” is back on Rocket From Russia. This time with Dan Garrison of The Real McKenzies and T...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features really fresh superhits by The Flatliners (Toronto, ON, Canada), The Menzingers (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Nothington (San Francisco, CA, USA), Basement (Ipswich, UK), Mobina Galore (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) and The Smith Street Band (Melbourne, Australia). And then I played song by Meatbodies (Los Angeles, CA, USA) and Dried Out (Vancouver, BC, Canada) who played...

Hello Hello Hello! In this episode I talked to Andrew and Stu of a great hardcore band Comeback Kid from Winnipeg, MB, Canada. We chatted before their show at The Cobalt and discussed pre-production for their new studio album, working with Stuart McKillop of Rain City Recorders, how Andrew has done a few guest vocals with other bands, playing a show in Israel and of course lots of stories about NO...

Hello Hello Hello! First block introduces the listeners of the show to new hits by Pass Away (Brooklyn, NY, USA), Turbostaat (Flensburg, Germany), Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH, USA) and Sorority Noise (Hartford, CT, USA). And then I did three ticket give aways. The first one was to see Anti-Flag, Reel Big Fish, Ballyhoo! and Pkew Pkew Pkew. Second one was for Brendan Kelly, Ben Sir and Dan Garris...

Hello Hello Hello! First block is too political, not really my favorite topic to converse about. But I let the bands speak out their opinions, they are way better at it than I am. This block features a massive international radio premiere of a song by a local band called Modern Terror + songs by D.O.A. (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Resistors (Brooklyn, NY, USA), Anti-Flag (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and Gree...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features The Menzingers (Philadelphia, PA, USA), Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH, USA), Nothington (San Francisco CA, USA) and Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach, FL, USA). Second block is fast and international at the same time because it features new hits by F.O.D. (Lier, Belgium), The Decline (Perth, Australia) and Resistors (Brooklyn, NY, USA). And in the end of the epi...

Hello Hello Hello! First block of 2017! I started with some brand new music and played new new songs by The Menzingers, Dave Hause (both from Philadelphia, PA, USA), AFI (Ukiah, CA, USA), The Bombpops (Oceanside, CA, USA) and The Fullblast (Oakville, ON, Canada). Oh shit, second block is so exciting. I watched a documentary about Basque football and decided to played songs by bands from the Basque...

Hello Hello Hello! This agenda behind this episode is simple - I played some of my favourite songs released in 2016. Not all of them, but some of them. It’s a really great selection of songs! Trust me or don’t. Happy 2017! $MEX - Ix Radio [Importzameshenie] MEAN JEANS - Long Dumb Road [Tight New Dimension] TURKISH TECHNO - Dummy [Number Two] CHIXDIGGIT! - Vancouver [2012] DEAD TO ME - I Wanna Die...

Hello Hello Hello! In this episode I played all my favorite songs released by local bands in 2016. I’m in love with Vancouver local punk scene, we have truly great bands in this city. And this episode is a great confirmation of that! THE GREATEST SONS - 22nd Street [Play Through The Pain, Sing Through The Strain] SIGHTLINES - Hospital [North] LOW LEVELS - Ultramarine [Low Levels] SORE POINTS - Sti...

Hello Hello Hello! This is a really great episode if you’re looking for some great new punk rock music to discover. First block features superhits by Sonic Avenues (Montreal, QC, Canada), Mean Jeans (Portland, OR, USA), toyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA), Steve Adamyk Band (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Sass Dragons (Chicago, IL, USA), Sore Points (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Audacity (Fullerton, CA, USA)....

Hello Hello Hello! This week we were audited by SOCAN, so I played tracks by people who I like so they can get paid something like 38 cents for this. First block features hits by The Flatliners (Toronto, ON, Canada), Direct Hit! (Milwaukee, WI, USA), Masked Intruder (Madison WI, USA), Chixdiggit! (Calgary, AB, Canada), Toys That Kill (San Pedro, CA, USA), toyGuitar (San Francisco, CA, USA) and Mik...

Hello Hello Hello! This episode of Rocket From Russia previews the Christmas RAGER featuring The Greatest Sons and some other bands. A very exciting show which I’m putting on this weekend at The Media Club. I LOVE all 5 bands and this is gonna be another great success! THE GREATEST SONS - Molly Ringwald [We’ll Take The Road] THE GREATEST SONS - Seventh Grade [We’ll Take The Road] THE GREATEST SONS...

Hello Hello Hello! What a unique coincidence, this episode starts with a block of killer pop punk…who would’ve thought. Super pop punk melodies with a massive amount of talent performed by Mean Jeans (Portland, OR, USA), Pkew Pkew Pkew (Toronto, ON, Canada), Masked Intruder (Madison, WI, USA), Dan Vapid (Chicago, IL, USA), Turkish Techno (Riverside, CA, USA), Wonk Unit (London, UK) and Nerf Herder...

Hello Hello Hello! First block is quite pacey because it features new radiohits by CMEX (Istra, Russia), Useless ID (Tel Aviv, Israel), PEARS (New Orleans, LA), Belvedere (Calgary, AB, Canada) and Angel Du$t (Maryland, MD, USA). Second block is of course slower, you can’t play so much fast music on Rocket From Russia. That block opens with another hit by Jeff Rosenstock (Brooklyn, NY, USA) from hi...

Hello Hello Hello! First block features new hits by Wonk Unit (London, UK), Dead To Me, toyGuitar, Culture Abuse (all from San Francisco, CA, USA), Dark Thoughts (Philadelphia, PA, USA) and Sass Dragons (Chicago, IL, USA). Second block features bands which will be playing my Christmas RAGER on December 10th at The Media Club. To be precise, the show will feature 5 (five!) great (great!!) local pun...