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Andrew and Dominique return after a late-summer break with an overdue tribute to Dolly Parton, who passed away this August at age 80.   (Episode 52) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and Dominique check out recent single "Brain Matter Displacement" from the straight-edge metalcore band No Cure.  No Cure's latest album, It Is Going to Get Dark, arrived in July Tell us about your first listen at @AtFirstListenpodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest Christin Marks of Q104.3 New York's 'Jim Kerr Rock and Roll Morning Show' introduces us to one of the great British pop/rock albums of the '90s, Blur's Park Life. Christin let's Andrew and Dominique in on the wide world of BritPop, which largely encompasses British bands that never broke through the grunge grit of the American alternative music landscape of the '90s.  Tell us about your first listen at @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   (Episode 51) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our favorite zoomer singer-songwriter Sombr tackles body dysmorphia on his latest hit, "My Body Isn't Ready." Tell us about your first listen on Instagram @AtFirstListenpodcast. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Damin Tyler began his new era in June by releasing breezy new summer song about gay love called "Real Man." The song presents a wholesome, wistful experience of young love that makes no effort to obfuscate for the benefit of uptight straight audiences.  Andrew and Dominique discuss the progress that "Real Man" represents, and why the mainstream needs exposure to more artwork that is both by and for the LGBTQ+ community.   Tell us about your first listen @AtFirstListenpodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and Dominique check out the new Bring Me the Horizon song "Dehumanized," a new single released in celebration of BMTH's re-recorded version of its 2006 debut album, Count Your Blessings. We discuss our preconceptions of BMTH and whether they're the only culturally relevant contemporary heavy metal band. Tell us about your first listen at @AtFirstListenpodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Andrew and Dominique discuss the long-lost unfinished Deftones album Eros, which leaked last month after over a decade of fan fixation. Eros is the album the band was working on circa 2008 when bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a catastrophic car accident that left him in a semi-comatose state until his death in 2013. Deftones abandoned work on the album following Cheng’s accident. The band’s subsequent album, Diamond Eyes, in 2010 was a stark departure in sound that only begged more questions about the stepping stone that Eros might’ve been. Tell us about your first listen @AtFirstListenpodcast on Instagram! Subscribe so you don't miss a new episode!   (Episode 50) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest Kelly Branco introduces us to Ween via the band's 1997 album 'The Mollusk.' We discuss the alternative music landscape in the '90s that enabled a strange band like Ween to find its audience, as well as how Ween's unsinkable irreverence influenced beloved millennial TV shows like 'South Park' and 'SpongeBob Squarepants.' Tell us about your first listen at @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   (Episode 49) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We tackle some fresh hardcore from Thrown with the newly-released single, “Split.” Thrown’s groovy brand of slam metal feels especially livid in a genre where the primary goal is to put anger on tape. The Swedes are one of Andrew’s favorite up-and-coming heavy bands. On this bonus episode, Andrew and Dominique discuss what makes “Split” hit different. Tell us about your first listen @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this bonus episode, we check out a dreamy new collaboration between VÉRITÉ and LEXXE, “Labyrinth.” The lush, witchy single seems like a longtime coming between a pair of artists with a lot of mutual respect. Naturally, Andrew and Dominique veer of course to argue about the credits. Tell us about your first listen @AtFirstListen podcast on Instagram. Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew got an exclusive look at the brand new documentary film, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, which tracks one of heavy metal's greatest bands from its humble East London roots to the world's stage.Burning Ambition is exclusively in theaters May 7. Go to IronMaidenFilm.com for tickets and more information.Tell us about your first screening at @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram!Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lady Gaga and Doechii dropped a fresh collaboration, "Runway," ahead of the highly anticipated sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, coming in a few weeks.We talk about what we like about the Gaga/Doechii partnership. Then Dominique harangues Andrew for saying the original Devil Wears Prada film has uninspiring characters and a flimsy plot.Tell us about your first listen @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram.Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We finally dive into the French-Canadian instrumental rock band that has taken over the Internet for millions of people.In an age of pastiche and plagiarism, Angine de Poitrine looks and sounds like nothing you've heard before.Tell us about your first listen at @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram!Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

British singer-songwriter and producer Raye just released a behemoth of a new album, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. Andrew and Dominique grapple with the grand scope of the album, which is packed with jazz, musical theatre and classical influences. Tell us about your first listen on Instagram @AtFirstListenpodcast! Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!(Episode 48.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a closer look at the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, since quite a few of them surprised us.We discuss who among the nominees is a lock to make the Hall, and who we would vote for this year.Tell us who you would vote for @AtFirstListenPodcast on Instagram.Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!(Episode 47.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.