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It\u2019s the shortest month of the year, but the list of local acts putting out diverse, incredible music<\/a> just keeps getting longer and longer \u2014 so you\u2019d better get started. The most satisfying, affirming, enlivening homework you\u2019ve probably ever had is in the form of the playlist<\/a> below. Get after it now \u2014 March really is just around the corner.<\/p>\n Got a bead on something new we should be listening to? Hit this button right\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Carlos Escanilla \u2014 \u201cDriving\u201d<\/p>\n Local therapist and Tremora\/Sunset Dreams frontman Carlos Escanilla recently wrote this song about \u201cabandonment, vulnerability, and the things we think we\u2019ve healed \u2014 until life brings them back\u201d \u2014 and wisely put out a live version of it quickly enough to capture the full raw, soulful power and disarming vulnerability as close to its source as possible. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever struggled with abandonment, thought you had \u2018moved on\u2019 but something resurfaced, [or] used music to process emotions,\u201d Escanilla writes, \u201cyou\u2019re not alone.\u201d And by the end of \u201cDriving,\u201d you\u2019ll likely believe him, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n Century Park West \u2014 \u201cPop Off (In NYC)\u201d<\/p>\n Somewhere between that deliciously fuzzed-out early nineties lo-fi indie, hep-pep garage rock, dreamy dream pop, and driving post-punk you will find Roxie and Felix of Century Park West chasing a very lithe and darting muse wherever the hell it leads. The duo\u2019s self-titled EP is an infectious little charmer that rewards multiple listens.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Jacuzzi Fuzz (Featuring Natasha De Renzis of Condors and Chaos) \u2014 \u201cMisinformation\u201d<\/p>\n Good. Lord. Check the insanely deft way much-beloved merchants of 305 aural eclecticism Jacuzzi Fuzz meld reggae, horn-driven soul, and razor-sharp AOR rock on this 100 percent undeniable track. Natasha De Renzis of the excellent grunge-y power trio Condors and Chaos<\/a> not only settles right into the JacuFu groove here but shows a different, equally alluring side to her voice as well. (Here\u2019s a behind the scenes video<\/a> of her laying down her tracks.)<\/p>\n Jeff Stones \u2014 \u201cCan\u2019t Calm Me Down\u201d<\/p>\n North Miami rapper Jeff Stones made our Best Miami Albums of 2025 list<\/a> with his stunning full-length Rather Be Distant 3 \u2014 and already seems determined to make waves again in 2026 with the vibrant and urgent follow-up Anti Sober. This is the sound of a man whose flow is in the flow state and whose eye is on the prize.<\/p>\n Krissy Celess & Fat Jesus \u2014 \u201cManic\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Krissy Celess brings the absolute fire on this collaboration with the seemingly omnipresent Fat Jesu$<\/a> that easily lives up to its title \u2014 and then some. There is enough attitude, swagger, and talent channeled into this acrobatic trap-meets-hip-hop minute-and-a-half collection of incendiary rhymes and beats to rival full-lengths by other rappers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Louis Mik\u00e1n \u2014 \u201cYo Sab\u00eda\u201d<\/p>\n Cuban singer-songwriter Louis Mik\u00e1n captures sunshine in a melody with this lovely, lilting track. \u201cMore than a song, it\u2019s a confession that we can all relate to,\u201d he says. \u201cIt came at a time in my life when I needed to pause and reconsider the path I was on. And this video marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life, as a renewed person, full of light, love, and music to share with the whole world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n MC Jumanji (Featuring Westside Boogie and C4) \u2014 \u201cEnergy\u201d<\/p>\n Miami\u2019s own MC Jumanji teams up with Compton\u2019s Westside Boogie (his NPR Tiny Desk set<\/a> is wild!) and Birmingham, UK\u2019s C4 for this invigorating and inspiring joint that feels as monumental and expansive as its global cast of talent. \u201cThis one is major,\u201d Jumanji warned on Instagram before the full track dropped. \u201cTrust me.\u201d Truer words\u2026<\/p>\n Off Orbit \u2014 \u201cSurvivor\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSurvivor\u201d may be a song about \u201cpeople who somehow keep the thing going long after the wheels come off,\u201d but it\u2019s no dirge \u2014 this is a darkest-before-the-dawn, fist-pumping anthem that bridges the sneering, spiky power pop of the Replacements and sliding-tectonic-alt-rock-riffs vibe that would not have been out of place on a TAD album circa 8-Way Santa<\/a>. Translation: It\u2019s awesome, so maybe stick around the planet a little while longer. The soundtrack is getting better.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pocket of Lollipops \u2014 \u201cBe Your Own Detective\u201d<\/p>\n I always think of the old Husker Du line<\/a>, \u201cExpectations only mean you really think you know what\u2019s coming next \u2014 and you don\u2019t\u201d when a new Pocket of Lollipops track arrives in my inbox. I mean, you know it\u2019s going to be an interesting, quality, reality-refracting piece of art embedded in the medium we call a quote-unquote song but beyond that all bets are off. And weirdly, the creative restlessness\/fearlessness that defines the band \u2014 Maitejosune Urrechaga (bass, multidisciplinary artist) and Tony Kapel (drums, writer, filmmaker) \u2014 is what establishes the throughline for their long discography. Anyway, all that is to say I\u2019m not going to describe the song above. Instead\u2026\u201cbe your own detective.\u201d<\/p>\n SymSimma \u2014 \u201cMoney Affirmations\u201d<\/p>\n Model. Rapper. Entrepreneur. SymSimma\u2019s creative life seems less about building a career than about weaving a multicolored philosophical tapestry based on what she describes as the \u201cthree interconnected pillars\u201d of her identity: \u201celegance, grounding, and joy.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s why her slinky, kinetic new EP Test Shoot Ep1 feels so authentic, original, and affirming. It\u2019s very much worth checking out in full \u2014 along with the new single \u201cFancy\u201d<\/a> \u2014 but considering the state of our country, city, and economy, \u201cMoney Affirmations\u201d definitely feels like the right move in this space.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t