Joe Killington recently released his latest single, “Painkiller,” on 9/25 featuring saxophonist Lovely Laura. Co-written with Sam Gray and produced by M-22, “Painkiller” is a smooth dance track that’s generated 50k streams on Spotify in a week. The Chainsmokers premiered the single on SiriusXM’s BPM Friday Night Show.
With credits on tracks from artists like Unknown Brain, Armand Van Helden and more, Killington has seen success on a slew tracks including Purple Disco Machine’s “Devil in Me.” Most recently, he collaborated with Sugar Jess for a summer dance track, “Dark Side of my Heart,” released earlier this year.
Stream “Painkiller” below.
Rapper/producer Nix Northwest has dropped his latest single, “Drive Slow.” Released on 9/30, the Cowboy Lansky-produced track is from his upcoming project, Xin’s Disappearance and arrive with an accompanying music video directed by Northwest. With its dream-like elements, the track touches on addiction rooting from an overwhelming desire to escape.
London bred, Northwest released his debut single, “Life’s A Bitch, I Just Need an Early Night,” in 2019 and has since amassed over 2m Spotify streams on the track. Repped by College Music Management, Northwest has generated plenty of buzz and has been seen interest from both major and independent labels. Keep an eye out for any new developments.
Watch the music video for “Drive Slow” below.
Brighton rock-duo Royal Blood have returned with their latest single, “Trouble’s Coming.” The track is the first to arrive from their forthcoming third studio album, which is due sometime next spring.
With a unique rock sound that’s influenced by the likes of Daft Punk, Justice and the late Phillipe Zdar, the single offers a glimpse of what to expect with the upcoming album, infusing a disco-tinged rhythm with the hard rock elements Royal Blood is known for.
“It was the moment something started to click - where we started playing over those much more rigid dance beats. The breakthrough was realizing that there was real common ground between that and what we’d done before,” says vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr.
The duo have scored two U.K. #1 albums with their self-titled double-Platinum debut in 2014 and their 2017 album, How Did We Get So Dark?, and have won a BRIT Award for Best British Group, NME and Kerrang! Awards as well as a Mercury Prize. Their U.S. success includes three #1 hits at Rock Radio and four Top 20 hits at Alternative Radio.
Royal Blood’s most recent U.K. and Ireland headline tour included performing in front of 100k people as well as three sold-out nights at London’s Alexandra Palace. They’ve also played key festivals like Glastonbury, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Reading and Leeds and a tour with Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters.
Stream “Trouble’s Coming” here.
