BestNewBands.com is a leading voice in the music discovery space.

We have published over 4,000 original album and concert reviews, interviews and other features and have writers on the ground in major U.S. and European markets.

We were among the first to recognize many of the most successful new artists including: Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Alabama Shakes, Wolf Alice, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, James Bay, Tame Impala and many more.

Meet The Team:

Tom Crosthwaite – Founder/Publisher – Los Angeles

Tom started the site site and runs the day to day.

He has guided the site through multiple iterations, building it into one of the premier xxxx.

Tom started off in the creative end of the music business. That led to a stint running and/or marketing major recording studios in Boston and Los Angeles, before ending up in the dirty end of network television.

Sarah Hess – Editor/Writer/Amazing Photographer – Chicago

At the age of six, Sarah Hess discovered True Blue by Madonna. This resulted in her spending hours in front of the bathroom mirror with a hairbrush microphone, belting out “La Isla Bonita” off key. Her love for music only intensified over the years thanks to her parents; her mother exposed Sarah to The Jackson Five and had her hustling to the Bee Gees, while her father would play her albums like Pet Sounds and Some Girls from start to finish, during which he’d lecture on and on about the history of rock & roll. Sarah would eventually stumble upon rap and hip-hop, then punk and alternative, and fall madly in love with Jeff Buckley and film photography.

After attending The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Sarah went on to study education at Dominican University, earning a degree in history. When not teaching, writing, or taking in a show, she is most likely to be found with a camera to her eye or hanging out in a darkroom.