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Bonnaroo is a rather unexpected setting for the launching point of Person L, the new band from Kenny Vasoli, former frontman for beloved pop-punk act the Starting Line.

Absolute metal monsters Mastodon were unleashed on the Tennessee campgrounds of this year's Bonnaroo festival.

Despite the fact that the band used only 45 minutes of their allotted 75 minute timeslot, the energy and propulsion the Gainesville, FL punk band put behind their raucous performance was undeniable to everyone one the crowd -- even those who had clearly never heard of the sweat-drenched four-piece.

Another new artist making waves at this year's Bonnaroo was Matt Morris, whose debut album, Un-American, drops later this year.

Thanks to the band's fans, we received a ton of fan-generated questions for Drive-By Truckers, and our William Goodman asked a few to Drive-By Truckers' Pattersoon Hood.

Brooklyn's Fiery Furnaces kicked their epic indie-pop into full gear Friday afternoon as dedicated fans began filtering into Bonnaroo's stage compound, amassing beneath the shade of That Tent and basking in the cool breeze that foreshadowed the rain to come.

My Morning Jacket have been lauded as America's premier live act, and last night into this early morning, as the rain fell and the mud thickened on the Bonnaroo grounds, Jim James and co. proved it with a mind-blowing, near four-hour set on the Which Stage.

We are back in our RV and completely stunned by Pearl Jam's headlining set tonight. We've got it covered from all angles, from our photographer, Eric Nowels, in the pit to Zack Newman, our video blogger who's following PJ's current tour. He was camped out in the front row.

No band amalgamated the array of Bonnaroo's signature sounds -- blues, guitar virtuosity, indelibly American rock'n'roll -- quite like the Raconteurs in their Friday evening set. They truly opened the festival's massive What Stage for business, flaunting their rather sterling credentials authoritatively from the first licks of "Consoler of the Lonely" (see video below).