THE HOT LIST

Here’s the thing: rock’n’roll is in brilliant shape. Seriously, there’s a ton of scorching new stuff across the many, varied layers of rock, and it’s constantly being refreshed. If you’re reading this magazine, chances are you’re well aware of this.

So it’s hard to know whether to laugh, sigh or cry when naysayers moan that there isn’t anything new and good out there. Whatever your specific taste – your preferred shades of music that rocks – it’s simply not true. You just need to know where to look. Which is where we hope The Hot List can help.

We might not be going to many (or indeed any) gigs for the rest of this year, but that certainly doesn’t mean people have stopped making music. They haven’t. In particular, rock’s newest guys and girls have recorded and put out loads of tracks that have remained on our playlists, and