With 2024 very much under way, our inboxes have been brimming with music from rock’s newest voices, under-the-radar talents and returning favourites. This month we’ve dipped into all those areas – sifting through the great, the ‘fine’, the dreadful and just about everything in between – to bring you the crème de la crème of the moment, from hard-rocking Brits to Louisiana freakniks, bluesy Nigeriens, a hotly tipped Mexican sister trio and much more. And while we’d never be ones to judge a book (or an artist) principally by its cover, you can’t deny that many of this month’s Hot Listers
