This week, Andrew is joined once again by the ever-ready, ever-fit Oli—because let’s be honest, he’s always on standby when the usual suspects drop the ball. Together, they take a deep dive into crate digging, both in the literal sense of flicking through dusty vinyl sleeves and in the modern-day algorithm-fueled digital rabbit hole of obscure musical discoveries.

🔹 Riff of the Week: Oli brings us Desire by 18 Carat Affair, a vaporwave banger dripping in sleaze. Andrew, in a shocking plot twist, finally starts appreciating The Cure, despite years of resistance.

🔹 Crate Digging Finds: From the fuzzed-out depths of Small Faces’ Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake to the sonic hurricane that is The Angelic Process, this episode covers everything from shoegaze classics to the smugly brilliant chord progressions of Teenage Fanclub.

🔹 Music Industry Rants: Ticketmaster's daylight robbery, Oasis' £400 nostalgia tax, and the mind-melting economics of reunion tours—Andrew and Oli take no prisoners.

🔹 Strange Reminiscences: MySpace, misremembered band lineups, and the utterly baffling discovery that someone thought inflatable Keith Flint dolls were a solid marketing idea.

All this, plus a heartfelt plea for Oli to finally give Marquee Moon the respect it deserves. Will he commit? Tune in to find out!

### Riffs of the week

#### OIi's Riff

- 18 Carat Affair - Desire (opening)

#### Andrew's Riff

- The Cure - Alone (3:01)

### Oli's track choices

1. Jeniferever - Opposites Attract: 5:30 - 6:00

2. The Angelic Process - The Resonance of Goodbye: 1:04 - 1:30

3. Hrvatski -Vatstep DSP: 0:56 - 1:26

4. Lee Gamble - Emu: 0:00 - 0:30

### Andrew's track choices

1. The Small Faces - I've got mine (opening)

2. Chapterhouse - Then we'll rise (opening)

3. Teenage Fanclub - Don's gone Columbia (0:58)

4. Television - Marquee Moon (7:19)

Library music https://youtu.be/KoUmNiq-vcg?si=hLUlhnLvnbCMyc-B