Manu Chao go mano y mano. All photos by Lars Howlett.

Photographer Lars Howlett caught the first day, Friday, Aug. 22, of Outside Lands music fest. Here are a few images from the night - and look out for more.

Check your head.

Steel Pulse breaks open the beat as the first band Friday night at the Lands End main stage.

Charles Walker kicks it with the Dynamites.

Give the man a mic: Lyrics Born.

Warming up the Presidio stage: Carney.

The artist's - and photographer's - view of the crowd.

Radiohead's blue period: the band had to be bummed about the two times during their set that the sound went dead.

The long wait for Muni after the show (and it only got worst, says Howlett).