Review / 200 Words Or Less
Jiffy Marx
She’s My Witch / Warning Sign

Snappy Little Numbers (2020) T

Jiffy Marx – She’s My Witch / Warning Sign cover artwork
Jiffy Marx – She’s My Witch / Warning Sign — Snappy Little Numbers, 2020

Jiffy Marx' She’s My Witch / Warning Sign 7″ does not only look like a 45er from the late seventies, but sonically delivers exactly that, i.e. two snappy lil’ pop punk numbers with the band firing on all cylinders.

A snappy, fun 7” recorded in a bit more than a day, and sonically an homage and celebration the jangly pop punk that defined the essence of bands like the Buzzcocks and other precursors of the 1980s alternative rock landscape.

6.8 / 10T • July 27, 2021

Jiffy Marx – She’s My Witch / Warning Sign cover artwork
Jiffy Marx – She’s My Witch / Warning Sign — Snappy Little Numbers, 2020

Recently-posted album reviews

Social Distortion

Born to Kill
Epitaph (2026)

Rating: 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🚬 / 10 (8 Tipped Martini Glasses and a Cigarette) Remember that movie Fantastic Voyage, where a miniaturized submarine gets inserted into a person's bloodstream on a mission to clear a blood clot in the brain? Well, consider yourself in luck: I’m infiltrating your brain with my own fantastic journey with Social Distortion, which goes all the way back … Read more

Big Circle

Big Circle
Independent (2026)

There are plenty of supergroups that exist largely because of the names on the marquee. Big Circle feels different. While Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), Dave Weckerman (The Feelies), and Dan Francia (Speed the Plough) all bring decades of musical history to the table, this debut EP isn't interested in nostalgia or individual spotlights. Instead, it succeeds … Read more

Nocturnal Prose

Western Interests
Total Agency (2026)

I’ve been reading Cory Doctorow’s latest book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI” a scathing review of the current state of artificial intelligence wherein he seeks to pop the AI bubble. In the book’s central metaphor Doctorow identifies the centaur as someone whose work is improved upon by technology vs the reverse centaurs who are competing with and/or … Read more