Audio-Files

Audio-Files
Created byMatt Eastin
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBYUtv
ReleaseApril 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) –
May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06)
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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]

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]

  1. ^ Pannacione, Maggie (June 27, 2012). ""Audio-Files" Profiles Imagine Dragons, Paper Route, Neon Trees + More". Artistdirect. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Porter, Mason (June 7, 2012). "BYUtv's Audio-Files". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Heaton, Faith (April 10, 2012). "BYUtv's AUDIO-FILES creating underground buzz". KSL. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. ^ Pierce, Scott D. (March 30, 2012). "Stars reveal song that changed their lives in new TV series". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "BYU students attend exclusive AUDIO-FILES screening". BYU Television. April 20, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "A new season of shows comes to BYUtv this spring". BYU Television. February 29, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  7. ^ Garrett, Michelle (April 30, 2012). "New BYUtv series 'Audio-Files' highlights rising indie bands". Deseret News. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  8. ^ Pannacione, Maggie (April 10, 2012). "Watch Imagine Dragons on Audio-Files". Artistdirect. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  9. ^ "Imagine Dragons - Audio Files". KIDinaKORNER. April 11, 2012. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Kam, Chee (April 6, 2012). "IMAGINE DRAGONS Perform Unreleased Track on 'Audio-Files'". PureGrainAudio.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  11. ^ Sigelman, Danny (May 8, 2012). "Mason Jennings on BYUtv's Audio-Files program". City Pages. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  12. ^ "A&E Notes: Documentary series features Low, Trampled By Turtles". Duluth News Tribune. July 5, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Finally, a music show about music". BYU Television. March 28, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  14. ^ "Best Of Utah 2013: Media & Politics Page 2". Salt Lake City Weekly. March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.