For the latest Show Me Magic podcast, Bill Cummings and Jim Auton are joined by Jimmy Watkins a former Welsh athlete. He is also known as a member of bands like Future of the Left and The Vega Bodegas and during lockdown he was part of setting up Running punks a supportive group of runners who love music.
They talk #newmusic, Jimmy’s running reviews including the time he was joined by a member of Idles, heavy music, metal, power pop, 70s influenced sound, The Arctic Monkeys, and how albums by big names don’t flop in the way they used to. They also chat hip hop, the early 00s music scene, post hardcore and 80s music. What Jimmy is up to right now, his new group Joyce and much more. They finish off with chat about some classic tracks.
Tracklist
Chat Pile – Why
Sobs – Air guitar
Willie J Healey – Dreams
JID – Raydar
Johanna Warren – I’d be Orange
Hundred Reasons – Glorious Sunset
Billy No Mates – No
W H Lung – Inspiration
Wah! – The Story of the Blues
Joyce – Foreword by Michael Sheen
Produced by Andy VonPip
