Audio-Files

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Audio-Files
Created by Matt Eastin
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network BYUtv
ReleaseApril 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) 
May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)

Audio-Files is a television music series produced by BYUtv. The series combines interviews, concerts, and behind-the-scenes footage of nationally rising indie bands. [1] [2] The show premiered on April 10, 2012, at 6:30 pm MST, 8:30 pm EST. [3] [4]

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On March 3, 2012, the first promo commercial was released. On March 29, 2012, BYUtv housed a pre-screening inside BYU's new broadcasting building. [5] The show's first press release was on February 29, 2012. [6] Past episodes can be viewed on the show's website. [7]

The first season featured rising bands including Neon Trees (Mercury), Imagine Dragons (Interscope), [8] [9] [10] Mason Jennings (Brushfire), [11] Trampled By Turtles (Banjodad), Low (Sub Pop), [12] Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian), Joshua James (Northplatte), and Paper Route (Universal Motown). [13]

The second season featured bands including The Head and the Heart (Sub Pop), The Album Leaf (Sub Pop), Mates of State (Barsuk), Nada Surf (Barsuk), Akron/Family (Dead Oceans), and more.

Salt Lake City Weekly named the series "Best Music Television 2013". [14]

List of artists have performed on Audio-Files

EpisodeNameAir Date [15]
01 Imagine Dragons 2012-04-10
02 Mason Jennings 2012-04-24
03 Paper Route 2012-05-01
04 Low 2012-05-15
06 Joshua James 2012-05-22
07 Trampled By Turtles 2012-07-10
08 Ramona Falls 2012-07-17
09 Damien Jurado 2012-07-31
10 Neon Trees 2012-08-07
11 The Head and the Heart 2012-11-15
12 The Album Leaf 2012-11-29
13 Mates of State 2013-04-01
14 Akron/Family 2013-04-08
15 Nada Surf 2013-05-06

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