By the time Canadian duo Tegan and Sara launched into catchy hit "Walking With the Ghost" a few songs into their afternoon set at Bonnaroo on Friday, not only was the entire crowd singing along but they were understandably enraptured with the musicians.

Minus the Bear are the archetypal crossover band for Bonnaroo, an outfit with indie cred whose sound is expansive, vast, and, frankly, acid-washed enough to woo the festival's jam band-loving contingency. The band stretched out tracks like "Dr.

It can be a little difficult to turn festival time into family time, but New Jersey's Steel Train managed to do so in their Thursday afternoon set.

At most festivals, a noon set time usually begets only a smattering of fans gathered around a stage, but at Bonnaroo, where patrons are up practicing yoga at 9 A.M., a midday slot isn't bad at all.

Bonnaroo is always a lot of work for the journalists who cover it, so our Emily Zemler didn't really mind when Battles' Dave Konopka decided he'd pretend to be Emily during our backstage interview. Watch the results:

It's a damp, rainy night here in Tennessee, but that's not stopping 60,000 people from watching Metallica rip it up at Bonnaroo. Most of our crew is still watching the set, but we've got a little video clip from the show to whet your whistle!

Our first discovery of Bonnaroo '08, Royal Bangs hit my radar as a "why not?" late night suggestion, and now -- though only one day in -- rates as the best show I've yet to see. Led by the bearded force that is Ryan Schaefer, the quintet churned out their multi-tasking, multi-faceted blitz-pop tunes to a crowd predominantly seated in the grass in the Troo Music Lounge.

Bonnaroo's opening night tends to be about discovery, more than anything else. With the two biggest stages dark, a slew of eager, smaller bands hit the tent stages, and equally eager concertgoers, undoubtedly stoked to not be waiting in a car on the side of a highway, sop up the sets in droves.

Even to Bonnaroovians unfamiliar with the five oddly dressed youths onstage, the fluting keys, grooving bass, and swaggering, shooting vocals of "Electric Feel" proved too much to resist. Brooklyn's MGMT kept the hands-in-the-air audience dancing throughout their set, stretching the jam-factor of Oracular Spectacular's freaky tunes well into the red.

Maybe it was the anticipation of waiting for half an hour, or maybe it was the booze...or maybe it was the opening song about booze, but whatever the reason, the Felice Brothers were greeted by thunderous applause and an already energized crowd Thursday night.