With a bunch of late summer releases it’s easy to over look emerging artists that lack big promo budgets. With that, look out for 20-year-old singer-songwriter Aaron Carpenter. The Louisiana native released a new single Next via Capitol Records. He wrote the song with The Roommates (Jon Bellion) and Mozella (Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, One Direction). His first release Attitude has clocked over a million Spotify streams and BBC Radio 1 named it as one of the April’s Best New Pop tracks. Managed by Lighthouse Management + Media, Aaron got a boost through instagram where he has a million followers – probably a huge factor in his signing with Capitol. In interview with Paper, Carpenter says, “I didn’t take it seriously until I was about 15, 16. I love entertaining people in any way possible, and I have an insane passion with music. I didn’t know how to go about doing it—I could play instruments and I could sing, but I didn’t know how to go about it. My platform came along and it’s like, “Oh, might as well start doing what I like instead of just posting photos of myself online.” It’s a blessing.”

Australian based Gab Strum aka Japanese Wallpaper dropped the single Imaginary Friends via Wonderlick/Sony. Signing with Native Tongue Publishing he’s written songs and produced for artists like Allday and Mallrat and has collaborated with Charli XCX. He’s supported M83 and Lily Allen and showcased at SXSW. Having clocked over 20 million plays on Spotify, he first popped out after one of the tracks won triple j’s 2014 Unearthed High competition. He has fall U.S. shows booked that begin in Chicago and is mapped through San Francisco.

Watch out for Australian indie electro pop artist Austen . She just released the track Money along with the video. Moreover, she is building a solid buzz in only a short time.
Radio: Named triple j unearthed’s Top 40 Most Played Artists
Performances: Pineapple Festival, BIGSOUND showcase, supporting Nyxen August 24th Brightside, Brisbane.
Streams: ‘Faded’ clocked 500,000+ Spotify streams.
Blogs: AAA Backstage, Cool Accidents, Purple Sneakers and STACK Mag.
Mgmt & Booking: Cameron Mackinnon, Guven Yilmaz

19 year old Hana Evans aka as HANA2K releases the R&B-esque pop tune Call Her My Name. Her self-released single “I don’t want to” caught the attention of the music music blogs. Citing influences from Oshi to Katy Perry, the singer-songwriter hails from a small village called Sully which is in Wales, and near Cardiff. Give it a stream.
Blogs: The Best Line of Fit, Hilly Dilly, Going Solo
Highlights: BBC ‘Track Of The Week’
Radio: BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales, Dermot O’Leary Radio 2
Performances: Recently played to a packed room at Moon Club at the Swn Festival and performed at the O2 in London.
Mgmt: Duncan Murray (Playlist Agency)

Up and coming Long Beach trio, half•alive, released their debut album, Now, Not Yet, on RCA Records. The band blends R&B, funk, pop, rock, soul -and they first gained attention when their video Still Feel clocked 10 million views garnering blog coverage.
Internet: YouTube “Next Artist on the Rise.
Performances: New headline tour, Lollapalooza
TV: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Streams: 30+ million Spotify streams