A handful of songs selected by Joe Ahearn, The Clocktower Gallery's Curator of Performance and Installation. Artists showcased include the likes of Co La, Fat Tony, Ava Luna, Twin Sister, The Babies, Parts & Labor, Ryan Trecartin, and more.

Ava Luna and Headless Horseman recorded at an exhibition and party in the abandoned AIG world headquarters building in lower Manhattan. This art and music show was presented by the Calder Foundation and curated by Victoria Brooks and Joe Ahearn.

Weedeater's sound engineer John talks about being on tour with the band. Our crew records Sun Araw live and interviews band member Cameron. Prince Rama, whose Taraka & Nimai recently performed at the Clocktower, play a gig and talk with Joe Ahearn.

Enchanted Forest, the DIY art space, talks about their rebirth. The correspondents go crowd surfing at King Tuff's sweaty performance (followed by an interview). Music and interview with John Vanderslice.

Joe Ahearn and his crew continue to troll the currents at SXSW 2011 with Quiet Hooves (live set), Ryan Schreiber (Pitchfork) interview, Pictureplane (live set and interview), and Lord Scrummage (live set). Hang on. It goes on...

Our team of correspondents in Austin report on the fringe and fury churning inside the 2011 SXSW Fest with a peek into the lives and music of Japanther, Sweet Bulbs, and No Age. More on all this coming soon...

Jeannie Hopper interviews Brian J and Chauncey Yearwood from the super dance band The Pimps of Joytime in a rebroadcast here just as their Wonderwheel album is released. Funky music, gritty soul and a dance party on stage is what this group is about.

AIR's first program dedicated exclusively to music sent to us by listeners, record labels and guileless cyber-passersby. Six weeks of digging through submissions boxes bring you this collection of coherently mismatched songs.

AIR's Jeannie Hopper speaks with guitarist and long-time-admirer-and-admiree Viva DeConcini, who discusses the role music has played in her life, ever since she was born with a ukulele in her hands.

AIR correspondent Sebastien Levin ventures out to Governors Island for a Gone To Governors event, part of the free Water Taxi Beach program on that fast re-emerging New York isle.

Gary Young, of the group Music from the Film, shares with AIR's Elliot Stapleton how his latest 7" can, and should, be played in a variety of ways: 45 rpm or 33 rpm, forwards or backwards, etc.

The eclectic and vigorously curious band Hess Is More released their 10-song LP Hits on Nublu Records, evidence enough of their expansive musical tastes and abilities. But wait, there's more...