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BBC Radio 1 Is Rescoring ‘Drive’ With Chvrches, Jon Hopkins, The 1975, SBTRKT, More

Remember how cool the soundtrack for Drive was? It was almost as cool as Driver’s jacket, all ’80s-chic electric goodness, and it was one of the biggest reasons audiences fell in love with the film. That CD is still in my car as I type this. Now, BBC Radio is giving something that was already great another […]

Baauer Teams Up With AlunaGeorge For “One Touch”

While Baauer is best known to much of the world’s population for a repetitive trap song turned viral hit whose name we will purposefully omit in hopes of not reminding our readers of its existence (…okay, it was the “Harlem Shake”), he is in fact an extremely well-versed producer with a nuanced ear for blending […]

Warner Bros Makes Deal With Mad Decent For Distribution Of Baauer’s “Harlem Shake”

Trap producer Baauer is still riding high from the enormous internet success of his popular “Harlem Shake” visuals / parodies and now has struck a unique distribution with Warner Bros. The label plans on teaming up with Baauer’s Mad Decent to distribute the song via Warner Bros across a number of platforms. “Harlem Shake” was […]

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Baauer And “Harlem Shake” Materialize At The Top Of Billboard Hot 100 Chart Thanks To Incorporation Of Streaming Data

The stars just keep aligning for young trap producer Baauer. First his song, “Harlem Shake”, became the sonic framework for a video dance meme, a meme which accelerated in popularity at an unprecedented rate. Then he topped the iTunes Singles chart. Now, to complete his coronation as king beatmaker of the moment, he sits at […]

WATCH: Matt And Kim Do The “Harlem Shake” At RPI Field house

The internet has been increasingly obsessed with Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” for about two weeks now, and at this point it takes a lot to surprise us when one of these clips roll through our inbox. That said, a UTG user submitted following clip of Matt and Kim bringing a packed RPI Field house into the mix, […]

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WATCH: Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” Is The Beating Heart Of A New YouTube Dance Meme

Does this mean that Baauer is going to be the next PSY? Trap producer Baauer has quickly ascended to the upper echelon of tastemaker approved beatmakers. It’s difficult to quantify a ranking like that, but here it goes. On one hand Baauer, real name Harry Rodrigues, is doing high-profile residencies at Las Vegas nightclubs and […]

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Skrillex, Zedd And Other DJs To Take Up Residence At New Las Vegas Night Club LIGHT

You have to wonder why somebody didn’t do something like this sooner. LIGHT, a new nightclub to open at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, are kicking off their opening in grand fashion. The club, “turned on by Cirque du Soleil”, will feature a number of prominent DJ residencies. Namely Skrillex, Zedd, Sebastian Ingrosso […]

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STREAM: Baauer – “Slip”

Yung king of trap Baauer describes his sound as, “Hip-Hop born from The Internet”. Well we like hip-hop and it goes without saying that we’re also fans of the internet. We’re guessing you are too. We know, we know. We shouldn’t assume; it makes an ass out of you and me. But we’re guessing you’re […]

Sounds Familiar: Week 2

Continuing our expansion of original content, Under The Gun Review presents its latest column, Sounds Familiar, dedicated to trawling the world and web for the latest remixes, redos, and reminiscent bits that our newest columnist Julia McAlpine finds appealing. Be prepared for some diversity in your music library. The songs may not be new, but they […]