The HOT LiST

We never struggle to find new music that we want to include in our Hot List. Never. (Narrowing down the longlist, though? That’s another story…) And with rising stars and familiar faces alike raising their game, month by month, it’s not difficult to keep things varied either.

This issue, for example, we’ve got sun-kissed harmonies from The Sheepdogs (the best non-American Americana band?), punkoid panache from Bristol trio IDestroy, the Beatles-tastic new single from Steven Wilson, and much more. It all says a lot about rock’n’roll’s ongoing capacity