14 February 1-7, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | News | letters | coNteNts | alternative distortion layered on top. The band’s first single of 2024 is “Pavement Re- cord,” set for release on January 26. Grim Hill Dubbing its music as alternative art rock, Grim Hill popped up just over a year ago and has since been making its presence known in the scene. Leading on guitar and vocals, Dani- elle Jimenez delivers moving performances with intensity and a touch of ‘90s rock à la Al- anis Morissette. “Apparition,” the latest single released last October, is a haunting alterna- tive track with a melancholic touch. Grim Hill and its sister band, Swivvel, spent the first week of 2024 on tour, making their way through a few cities across Florida. Pans Established in 2013, the chamber-pop group Pans is no stranger to the Miami music climate. However, 2024 is already starting strong for the group. The band recently announced its next single, “Dust Hands,” set to release on January 26 through Symphonic Distribution, with a celebrative show following at Bar Nancy alongside Swivvel and Hunters of the Alps. Shivva Since banding together in late 2021, Shivva has taken the music scene by storm with its all- consuming dreamy shoegaze. The band has been on a short break from playing live shows while working on new music but promises to bring its wall of fuzzy and moody shoegaze back to Miam venues soon. Until then, fans of Shivva can listen to the band’s first three-track EP, Uroxicide, released last March. Swivvel If the infectious indie-pop track “Passerby” doesn’t get you hooked on Swivvel, the ac- companying music video featuring cute-as- hell home video clips from the band on tour sure will. The single was released last year in September with two other tracks, forming the band’s first EP, Passerby. The quintet launched straight into 2024 with a tour across Florida alongside its sister band, Grim Hill. Its next show will be at Bar Nancy at Pans’ single release party. The Wax Worms Inspired by the Beatles, Todd Rundgren, and the Velvet Underground, the Wax Worms bring the sweet simplicity of the Sixties and Seventies soft-rock songwriting into its mu- sic, evident in tracks like “Laura” or “Lone With You.” Frontman Max Harrison started the Wax Worms in his bedroom back in 2017, and since then, the band has transformed into a sextet that has performed at venues all around Miami. Since its last performance in September, the band reemerged for a show on January 19 at Gramps, hinting that more live shows are coming in 2024. [email protected] BEACH MIRAGE HAS BROUGHT ITS SURF- NOIR SOUND TO VENUES ACROSS THE 305. Surfacing from p13
