Radiohead, Bonnaroo 2012: Thom Yorke and Co. Add to Their Legend

In the car que leading into the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, and all through the first two days, it became immediately apparent through t-shirts, flags and excited chatter that the band the majority of the crowd had come to see was the always stunning Radiohead.

Looking to recapture some of the magic of their 2006 appearance, widely regarded as one of the best in Bonnaroo's eleven year history, Radiohead dovetailed between their classic and new material with a setlist built around the foreboding tone of 2011's King of Limbs.

With an unseasonably cool evening awaiting them, the band opened with their recent staple "Bloom." From there on out, it was a competition between Radiohead's mesmerizing light setup and the glow-stick party bursting out in random patches throughout the massive What Stage audience. Thom Yorke's soaring vocals laid over the precision musicianship taken for granted in most large acts as their inimitable sound echoed out over the awed masses.

The band's innovative stage set up meshed right in line with the Bonnaroo aesthetic as mirror-like screens reset themselves for each song according to the general tone. Tracks like "The Gloaming" and "Separator" all built to simmering crescendos while Yorke engaged in his usual wild, spasmodic movements.