10 New Songs From Miami Artists to Listen to This Week

It's another New Music Friday, and the city’s sonic cornucopia continues to overflow.

This time out, we've got everything from sublime bedroom pop, crackling hip-hop, New Wave, and New Country to kinetic hyperpop, scorching live brass-rock, and siren-song acoustic soul.

Got a bead on something new we should be listening to? Hit this button right here.

Otherwise, enjoy the ride.

1. Dylan G — "Ought to Be"

"Sad, but you can dance to it." That's how Dylan G teed up his music for New Times. And if that description piques your interest, you are going to be a very happily unhappy camper when you spin this Chasing the Dragon EP. Dream pop? Indie folk? Low-fi? This Miami-born and raised singer/songwriter blurs the lines between all of these in a way that bypasses the pigeonholes and intellectual contrivances and instead focuses on stemwinder songs that go straight to the heart.

2. El Igor & Edu Sala — "Eternidad"

Havana-born, Miami-based singer-songwriter El Igor chose to call his latest EP Llegaré — "I will get there" in Spanish — in order to imbue the project, he tells New Times, with "the colors of a manifestation trip." And this collaboration with fellow Miami artist Edu Sala does, indeed, crackle with the energy of creation and self-actualization, a flow state channeling of clever, multidimensional instrumentation and deft hip-hop lyrical gymnastics.

3. Electric Piquete (Featuring MannySwagg) — "Muevete Con Ganas"

Electric Piquete wrote "Muevete Con Ganas" for last year’s Azabache full-length to serve as a "vivid love letter to Miami that serves as a rhythmic celebration of the diversity and multiculturalism that defines the city," and the brand-new Chris Tijerino-directed video for the track above definitely reinforces that mission with bright, vibrant colors and human energy. But it’s also a great reminder of how strong this kinetic, high-voltage track featuring MannySwagg truly is. (Word is it has been submitted for Latin Grammy consideration, and honestly, a nomination would be no surprise considering the level of quality and spirit here.)

4. Jean Christian Nuñez —- "Be Rude"

Kind of crazy this infectious, driving guitar-driven New-New Wave-y anthem is the first offering from Jean Christian Nuñez as a solo artist, but here we are. "God took me to places that I always dreamed about: from playing in personal projects and rock bands to contributing with international and prestigious artists," Nuñez tells us, "and also being part of the next generations by giving electric guitar lessons to new and upcoming musicians and artists." That breadth of experience and time in the trenches pays off in a huge way on the tight, fully realized "Be Rude," a song that has "master craftsman" written all over it. More, please.

5. Joylove Experience — "Life Does that a Lot…"

Damn, is Joylove Experience — the chosen moniker for Miami-born and raised singer/songwriter Jordi Francisco Gonzalez — an interesting beast. Building on an already eclectic body of indie pop work, "Life Does That a Lot" sees Gonzalez walking the tight rope between early Mark Kozelek and the more hushed moments of Yo La Tengo, with some shoegaze-y reverb adding a dream state element to the whole affair. (Gonzalez says he’s inspired by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Radiohead, which makes sense on a kind of foundational kindred spirit level as well.) Anyway, it’s great to see a loud metropolis producing something this quietly lovely.

6. LoveLogic — "What Do You Want?"

"What Do You Want?" might be a song about struggling to come to terms with an unfaithful partner's betrayal, but the acoustic rock of LoveLogic will never let you down, baby. A collaboration between powerhouse rock, folk n' soul vocalist Alexa Lash (New Times' 2024 Best Songwriter, not coincidentally, who also fronts Alexa & the Old Fashioneds) and longtime friend Pedro Rubio, LoveLogic definitely exists in your-favorite-old-sweater territory—these songs feel immediately comfy and timeless…as if they were tailored to your own life, heartbreak, and healing.

7. Marti — "Baby Boomer"

"Ask me where I'm going? Only up!" Oh, hell yeah. One of the best songs from Marti’s Luck is for Losers now has an official video — which is as jubilant a celebration of community, comity, and loyalty as the stellar, funkified full-length from which it was drawn. The Cuban-American rapper (formerly of Miami fusionists Problem Kids) does not discriminate — he’s here for old school hip-hop, for Caribbean rhythms, for Latin soul, for southern fried twists and bumps, for bilingual rhymes. (His BreakBread restaurant freestyle series is a viral hit, too, btw.) Or, as the song’s convincing refrain goes: "All my homies with me and we won’t stop. Watch us as we take over the world."

8. Skrrp! — "killmyself"

The latest from Miami multi-disciplinary artist, producer ($uicideboy$), and songwriter Skrrp! is no doubt dark lyrically —here we should add a musical disclaimer from the 1989 cult classic Heathers — but this heartfelt, vulnerable hyperpop gem is, perhaps paradoxically, enlivening and life-affirming. "It's a scenecore song I made to express my deepest emotions and sadness," the man behind Skrrp! tells New Times. "I recorded it on my phone despite being used to recording in studios. This is the new age we are living in." Thanks for making that age a little more bearable, beautiful, and honest, dude!

9. Stereo Joule — "Georgia Mist"

Versatile. That's the word that most comes to mind when exploring the growing Stereo Joule catalog of songs. You've got everything from Portishead-esque electro jazz ("Cocoon") to mid-90s alt rock ("Better Days") to soulful alt-country ("Take Me") to big band-infused rock ("What We All Want") and industrial-tinged hard rock ("Don't Hold Me Back") and more. And it's all done so well and does feel like a cohesive body of work despite the detours. Now comes "Georgia Mist," a beautiful, twangy track that appears poised to redeem and recenter the oversaturated new country landscape, if allowed to. See the band work its magic on August 30 at My Mama’s Books, Records, & Café or every second Thursday at Bar Nancy right here in Miami.

10. Tremora — "When My Train Pulls In"

Hot on the heels of the excellent Rooms Left Behind EP, Tremora celebrates its two-year anniversary with Alive at The Dead Flamingo, a five-track live album capturing a recent performance at Dead Flamingo in Little Havana, which saw the blend of rock, soul, and blues that fuels the popular Miami-based brass rock band at its most combustible and mesmerizing. Exhibit A: The multi-cam footage embedded above. Exhibit B: Whenever you’re wised-up enough to treat yourself to one of the band’s irl rock n' roll revivals — including a performance at Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Co. on August 29.