It's one thing when the Empire strikes back, but wait till you get a load of Kanye's rebuttal to the Bonnaroo scuttlebutt. But West was just one of may artists who made the week memorable, as you will read below.

As previously reported, Kanye West left more than a few Bonnaroo concertgoers with a sour scowl after he failed to hit the festival's main stage on time, pushing his set -- already moved from 8:45 P.M. June 14 -- back and forcing fans to wait.

ARTIST GALLERIES

Memphis, TN's Lord T and Eloise, a tongue-in-cheek "aristocrunk" quartet led by Lord Treadwell and Maurice Eloise XIII, a 18th century aristocrat and a filthy rich heir with 24-karat gold skin, respectively, stopped backstage at Bonnaroo to perform an a cappella tune on the act's favorite thing besides money -- "Pillz."

Requesting a loose and reverb-drenched mix, Hardy Morris, singer/guitarist of Dead Confederate, plucks and strums through "Wrecking Ball" at SPIN.com's Bonnaroo tent backstage, unveiling the dark, powerful title track off the outfit's forthcoming debut full-length, out Sept. 16. "That's what it sounds like when you drink all day," Morris quips of the potent tune and its saturated sound.

Just minutes after ruling Bonnaroo with a theatrical afternoon set, which left this journalist exhausted from simply watching, Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz maintains the rapid tempo with an exclusive performance of "60 Revolutions," an Eastern Block-tinged anthem off 2005's Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike.

Without a doubt, Toronto's Broken Social Scene log as one of indie rock's foremost creative acts, with the collective's umpteen members branching out to numerous projects to sate their ceaseless musical imaginations.

Before treating "Bonnaroo warriors" with an elegant set Sunday afternoon at the Other Tent, introverted Los Angeles-based songstress Aimee Mann dropped by SPIN.com's tent backstage to chat with our William Goodman.

"You guys are warriors, Bonnaroo warriors," Aimee Mann praised to her now filthy, exhausted, and sun-suffering fans crowding the shady areas beneath the Other Tent Sunday afternoon for the singer/songwriter's much-anticipated set.

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.