We've spent a lot of time this Coachella talking about the magnificent bros in attendance this year, but how about the fair and talented ladies? Per usual, they were everywhere, doing their thing like it wasn't a chicken wing, or something. In any case, here are the ladies of Coachella dancing their cares away.

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Getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha freak on! We all know that there are lots of ways to become immortalized at a massive outdoor music gathering like Ultra Music Festival, such as, oh, I don't know, humping a tree, or maybe dancing naked while getting arrested. But Mom would probably prefer if you lived forever, like these folks. Continue on for ten more awesome GIFs from this year's Ultra Music Festival.

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Photo by Jacob Katel

Welcome to Ravetopia.

Society got the best of ya? Go to Ultra Music Festival, where you can leave the normal world behind, where you can feel free to get half naked, customize your brain and put some neon in your life. Deep inside the endless well of bass, you just might find yourself. Here are thirteen hardcore ravers who will teach you the ways of Ravetopia, in animated GIF.

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Alright, how many times have you driven past that dude on the corner, the one twirling his sign like a madman, and thought to yourself Wow! That dude is rocking out. Wonder what the hell he's listening to? Wonder no more. Mystery solved. It's Slayer. At least that's what this particular gentleman was listening to. How do we know? Why, we stopped the car and asked, of course. Duh! Keep reading to see Eric the Vampire Slayer's awesome dance moves, along with GIFs of the other sign flying sensations we met this past weekend.

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Josh Reiss

We're a world away from Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, which took place this past weekend in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, but that doesn't mean we can't get a taste of what we missed. Our West Coast Sound counterparts were on hand and took a slew of pics, allowing us to live vicariously through their photographer, Curious Josh. If you haven't already, check out the festival's ten creepiest masks, or keep reading for fifteen badass GIFs from Burning Man.

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The chief criticism of electronic dance music and its massive rise to prominence is that there just isn't much going on behind the tables. Detractors contend that the DJs and producers that command capacity crowds these days bring little more to the party than a bunch of bells and whistles -- or LEDs and lasers, as the case may be. There's more to it than just twisting knobs and tweaking samples; they must also know how to move. We've compiled the signature dance moves of some of the biggest names in EDM that have come through this past year, from Skrillex and Bassnectar to Kaskade and Pretty Lights. Keep reading to see them all get down with their bad selves.

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Britt Chester

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- Ten Coachella dance-move GIFs to make you feel good about yourself
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Updated 8/24/12: Videos of the soon-to-be world renowned dancing security guard at Red Rocks just added. See him boogieing in action below.

Everybody knows Red Rocks is the best concert venue in the world. That's a given. Now it can also proudly stake claim to the distinction of having the coolest concert security guard, too. So you think you can dance, eh? Pshaw! You obviously haven't been to Red Rocks recently and seen just how hard this guy throws down. Nobody we've seen knows how to pass the time between sets like this guy. Check out his splendid dance moves.

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The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival, from our sister paper, SF Weekly.

One thing crowds at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival do pretty well is get down. Despite the relentless wind, heavy fog and numbing temperatures, we saw plenty of good moves last weekend -- and some ridiculously silly enthusiasm from certain crowd members. (It helped that Big Boi stuck to playing his bass-heavy hits.) Here, compiled and edited by Ian S. Port and Andrew Nilsen, are the six funniest moves we saw at Outside Lands -- in GIF form, naturally.

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Britt Chester

Rusko at Red Rocks.

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Earlier this week, Rusko lead Red Rocks in an intense, nearly two hour dubstep workout. Bringing the tempo up and down, from 110 bpms and shooting way back up 148 within a split second, it was impossible to stand still. Rusko even warned us of what he was about to do, but did we take warning? Nope. Instead, we took pictures. Here is a close examination of Rusko's workout regimen, which obviously works. Look how trim the dude is!

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This past weekend's running of Lollapalooza in Chicago was intense. The heat, the monsoon-like storm on Saturday, and even the lobster corn dogs all exceeded what the human body can take on a regular basis. But it was still a glorious three days for music and social behavior. Eric Hess, a photographer from our sister paper, City Pages, captured these 20 GIFs featuring the Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Fun, and so much more. -- Reed Fischer
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