Sigur Ros

Experimental Icelandic outfit return this week with fifth studio full-length, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust.
Sigur Ros at Bonnaroo '08 / Photo by Lucy Hamblin

Who? Formed in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1994, Sigur Ros released one critically acclaimed album (along with an LP of remixes the following year) in their homeland before going international with the release of Ágætis Byrjun in 1999, which quickly catapulted them onto the radar of American and European music fans.

Bonnaroo Reviewed: Broken Social Scene

Toronto-based collective gather ten members, play eclectic set on the Solar Stage, and urge stateside stoners to vote for Obama.
Broken Social Scene / Photo by Dane Smith

Broken Social Scene got an early start Sunday, appearing at Bonnaroo's tiny Solar Stage for a quick, half-hour prequel to their proper set later that evening.

Bonnaroo Reviewed: Sigur Ros

Icelandic soundscape artists induce late night sonic ecstasy with ethereal, ornate tunes.

As anxious fans squeezed their way to the front of That Tent in the early A.M. hours Sunday, Sigur Rós appeared under eerie blue lighting and enormous illuminated hanging balloons to deliver two hours of epic musical ecstasy, leaving everyone in the crowd speechless and, quite literally, waiting for more.

Bonnaroo Reviewed: Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels

Bob Dylan's son jokes with concertgoers and eases their sun-blistered pain with blustery new acoustic-driven tunes reminiscent of Dad.
Photo by Lucy Hamblin

Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels, which includes Nashville-based guitarist Audley Freed and drummer Fred Eltringham, appeared during the height of Sunday's heat wave and attempted to cool things down at Bonnaroo's This Tent.

Bonnaroo Reviewed: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

With her crack band in tow, the soulful songstress shakes through a mid-day set and enlivens crowds with bounding stage presence and grooving tunes.
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Photo by Eric Nowels

Just when it seemed Saturday couldn't get any hotter, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings took to Bonnaroo's Which stage, grooving and popping their way through an hour-long set that had even the stiffest fans shaking like there was no one looking.

Bonnaroo Reviewed: The Avett Brothers

Southern kin lead a rowdy hootenanny at the Other Tent with raucous bluegrass-meets-punk tunes.
Photo by Lucy Hamblin

Concord, North Carolina's Avett Brothers drew a massive (and especially rowdy) crowd to Bonnaroo's Other Tent Saturday, picking and stomping their punk-tinged bluegrass into the stratosphere and proving why they just may be one of the most underrated acts at this year's festival.

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