Flume on Death, Hard Miami, Getting High

Flume is an Australian kid signed to Mom + Pop Records who’s been lighting up the sales charts with his chilled-out electronica. This week, he’s in town for Hard Miami, a show at Bardot, and a few days off before a North American tour. Here’s what he has to say…

Fashion Freakouts at Ultra Music Festival 2013

What’s the one place on Earth so magical that you can see titties, butt cheeks, and creepy man-horses, all while wearing the contents of a sixth-grade girl’s friendship bracelet box? That’s right! Ultra Music Festival, the land to which people from all over the world travel to show off their…

Ultra 2013: Ten Best Butts

The status quo, namely the prudish American population’s stance on public nudity, has never favored the exhibitionist. At Ultra Music Festival, however, the status quo is tossed out the beat-freaking window, along with its attendees’ sense of shame. And while it may seem that the men were wearing the least…

Ultra 2013: Raver Reactions From the Metrorail

As we rode an eerily empty Metromover towards Government Center last night, the unlikely quiet allowed for some deep reflection. After all, we’d seen and heard a lot of weird shit over the weekend. There were tons of nearly naked raver bros and an actual naked dude, 75 leprechauns, six…

Ultra 2013: Major Lazer Sets Off a Strip Sesh

Diplo is undeniably a superstar now. He is well known beyond the confines of EDM. He is producing music for pop stars. And he’s got a face that brands want to use to hawk products. So, as expected, his side project, Major Lazer, is changing with him. And plenty has…

Ultra 2013: Top Six WTF Moments from Weekend One

It began Friday afternoon, just as the happy-hour crowd realized that something was different about its typical Metrorail commute. En route to downtown Miami, kandi kids in furry boots, nipple pasties, and CamelBak packs had overtaken the train. Ultra Music Festival was officially underway, but the sideshow had only just…

75 St. Paddy’s Day Leprechauns at Ultra 2013

If the colorful and magical land of Ultra Music Festival sits at the end of the rainbow, then perhaps the music is the gold, and the ravers? They’re leprechauns. At least they were yesterday when the fest coincided with the second most costumey of holidays. And if you’ve ever wondered…

Ultra 2013: Top Ten (Almost) Naked Raver Bros

Gay, straight, bi, or simply rolling face, if you’re a man with abs like Jesus and just enough fabric to cover your genitals, there’s nothing wrong with sporting a little male camel in Miami this weekend. It’s Ultra Music Festival, baby! And the Gym, Tan, Molly fraternal order of male…

The Six Bad Bitches You Meet at Ultra Music Festival

Damn, Ultra Music Festival is a mad house. Everywhere you look, it’s neon titties, the bottom half of an ass, or some kind of sexy rabbit hoppin’ around with a lollipop in her cheek. Last year, we introduced “The Seven Ravers You Meet at Ultra Music Festival.” But this time,…

Five Raddest Stage Setups at Ultra 2013

There’s so much bass and lasers pumping through downtown Miami, it might break off the mainland and becom a new, free-floating island. That’s thanks to the millions upon millions of dollars that have gone into insuring that Ultra Music Festival 2013 is the most aggressively technological production in the history…