We recruited Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and the fine folks over at industry icon Billboard Magazine to personally go through all the submissions from Sonicbids artists and select the ones they thought should play Bonnaroo.
Wayne said he was looking for a band that sounded like "they've got their own world, they have their own thing that they're saying," and Billboard wanted "performers who have strong and unique musical voices, individual styles, and that special something that makes them stand out from the pack."
The bands receive $1,000 in compensation, massive exposure and get to share a bill with legendary artists. Keep an eye out right here on the Sonicbids blog, as in the coming days we'll feature interviews with both Royal Teeth and Black Pistol Fire – we know they're even more pumped than we are!