Jiffy Marx (Night Court / Autogramm / Jiffy Marker / Jiffy Marx)
photo by Carmen Chen
What are your top five albums that were released in 2022? (In order 1-5)
I don’t like picking favourites but here’s 5 great albums that came out this year:
- The Drolls - That Puget Sound
- 1-800-Mikey - Plushy
- The Dumpies - Roberto Clemente
- The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
- More Kicks - Punch Drunk
- Supercrush - Melody Maker
Oh, wait, that’s 5 albums and an ep:)
What band did you discover in 2022 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?
My bandmate Lars turned me on to the album Expensive Sound by Empire while we were recording the new Autogramm album. Empire was two members of Generation X after Billy Idol went solo. I couldn’t stop listening to it for weeks and later found out another bandmate of mine, Cory, had tried to turn me on to them a year or two ago when he heard Guy Piciotto talking about them on some podcast -- apparently this album was a major influence on Rites of Spring and later Fugazi.
How will you remember 2022? (In terms of music)
Having been a bit starved for live music during the pandemic, I got to see my homeys Bread & Butter 3 times, played a couple shows with The Reflectors and The Drolls, and FINALLY got to see (and play with!) Tommy and the Commies on a Saturday night in Sudbury no less! They even played a cover of one of my all time favourites “Ain’t Getting Any” by The Monks (*Bad Habit Monks not Black Time Monks;) Also saw The Beths twice and got to open for Tranzmitors, Wrong Hole, Mclusky and The Pointed Sticks so it was a pretty awesome year now that I think about it!
What can we look forward to from you in 2023?
So many things!! Autogramm has a new 7” and album to follow and Night Court has a new album and 7” and maybe a flexi as well!? Hard to set release dates with vinyl pressing turn around times but hopefully at least some of that happens in 2023?
What records are you looking forward to most in 2023?
Well, the ones I just listed of course, but also just ordered this 2xLP by Tony Molina’s old band Ovens that I’m pretty stoked to get my hands on. I’m also hoping Think of the Lie by Home Front gets a repress since I slept on it the first go round:(
Live shows are still a mixed bag as we adapt to social gatherings in a COVID world. What is something positive you see about touring right now? Anything you’d like to see change?
Live shows were definitely a mixed bag this year. Some people were excited to get back to seeing live music while others were still trepidatious. Booking shows in some places seemed/seems harder because venues had shut down during the pandemic and/so the ones that are left are booking further in advance. I’d be stoked to see more venues opening up instead of closing, as it was already hard booking tours before we had to worry about world pandemics! At the same time I hope people understand it’s not over so if you feel sick, take a test and/or stay home. Getting sick while on tour was already bad enough without having to worry about whatever new virus variant is going around!!
Jiffy Marx – social media links
- Twitter: @nightcourtpunk
- Instagram: @autogrammband
