Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Arcade Fire / The Walkmen The 10th annual Austin City Limits festival came to a close on Sunday with a headlining set by Arcade Fire (who also taped an edition of Austin City Limits the TV... more info

Topix — Comparing Manu Chao's current quartet to the Clash might constitute punk rock heresy to the mohawk set, but a trawl through the Chronicle archives reveals the comparison time and again from the Spaniard's U.S. publicist - me . more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Manu Chao in Prospect Park, 2007 (more) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * West Indian Day Parade * Great Lake Swimmers @ City Winery * Manu Chao, La Ventura @ Terminal 5 * Supreme Cuts, JDH, Discover, more... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Manu Chao at ACL 2009 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Golbal icon Manu Chao is going on a short North American tour at the end of the summer leading up to his appearance at Austin City Limits. The tour hits... more info

Guardian Music — September 1981: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn September 1981, the Clash played a seven-night residency at the Theatre Mogador in Paris. Post-Sandinista!, pre-Combat Rock, this incarnation of the... more info

Guardian Music — (Because Music)Five years ago, when I visited Amadou and Mariam at their home in Bamako, I was approached by their son Sam, who asked me onto the roof to listen to some songs he had been working on with his friends. Now they have recorded them, and S... more info

Guardian Music — (Because)Spanish star Manu Chao was producing Mali's Amadou and Miriam when he came across Smod, a hip-hop trio led by the duo's son, Sam. A session at the family home in Bamako with Chao's portable studio delivered this infectious debut, which hover... more info

Altsounds — The bands' *Asphalt EP* is *OUT NOW* (http://t.ymlp163.net/jjwuarabyjagaujhapajbeq/click.php) on *Because Music* - French boutique label home to artists like J*ustice, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daft Punk's Electroma, Jarvis Cocker, Manu Chao, The Klaxons... more info

NME — James' Tim Booth and Manu Chao also join Kent event bill more info

The Quietus — Manu Chao and Ólöf Arnalds set for this year's bash more info