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Get lost in the dream-pop goodness of Brief Candles’ ‘Unfinished Nature’

Matt Wild
October 22, 2024
In the final moments of David Lynch and Mark Frost's 2017 Twin Peaks revival, a puzzled and temporally adrift Agent Cooper asks "What year is this?" The same question comes to mind while listening to the music ...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (September 2024)

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 3, 2024
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Brief Candles burn again on first full release in 5 years, ‘It Doesn’t Lead To Anything: Part 1’

Matt Wild
October 18, 2022
Has it really been five long years since Milwaukee-by-way-of-Peoria-Illinois shoegaze/dream-pop outfit Brief Candles gifted the world with new music? Well, sort of: following the 2017 release of the excellent f...

Brief Candles’ ‘Retreater’ is the fall album Milwaukee needs and deserves

Matt Wild
October 24, 2017
Let's take a moment to recognize the longstanding greatness of Brief Candles. The Milwaukee-by-way-of-Peoria-Illinois shoegaze/dream-pop outfit has been a fixture in town for nearly 15 years, playing an untold ...
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