Audio-Files Explained

Runtime:30 minutes
Creator:Matt Eastin
Country:United States
Network:BYUtv

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]

List of artists have performed on Audio-Files

EpisodeNameAir Date[15]
01 Imagine Dragons2012-04-10
02 2012-04-24
03 Paper Route2012-05-01
04 2012-05-15
06 2012-05-22
07 2012-07-10
08 2012-07-17
09 2012-07-31
10 2012-08-07
11 2012-11-15
12 2012-11-29
13 2013-04-01
14 2013-04-08
15 2013-05-06

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Audio-Files" Profiles Imagine Dragons, Paper Route, Neon Trees + More . . June 27, 2012 . Maggie . Pannacione . April 30, 2013.
  2. News: BYUtv's Audio-Files . . Mason . Porter . June 7, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
  3. Web site: BYUtv's AUDIO-FILES creating underground buzz . . Faith . Heaton . April 10, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
  4. News: Stars reveal song that changed their lives in new TV series . . March 30, 2012 . Scott D. . Pierce . April 30, 2013.
  5. Web site: BYU students attend exclusive AUDIO-FILES screening . April 20, 2012 . BYU Television . April 30, 2013.
  6. Web site: A new season of shows comes to BYUtv this spring . February 29, 2012 . BYU Television . April 30, 2013.
  7. News: New BYUtv series 'Audio-Files' highlights rising indie bands . . Michelle . Garrett . April 30, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
  8. Web site: Watch Imagine Dragons on Audio-Files . Artistdirect . April 10, 2012 . Maggie . Pannacione . April 30, 2013.
  9. Web site: Imagine Dragons - Audio Files . April 11, 2012 . . April 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140614163221/http://kidinakorner.com/2012/04/11/imagine-dragons-audio-files/ . June 14, 2014 .
  10. Web site: IMAGINE DRAGONS Perform Unreleased Track on 'Audio-Files' . PureGrainAudio.com . Chee . Kam . April 6, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
  11. News: Mason Jennings on BYUtv's Audio-Files program . May 8, 2012 . Danny . Sigelman . . April 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130429064022/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/05/mason_jennings_byutv_audio_files.php . April 29, 2013 .
  12. News: A&E Notes: Documentary series features Low, Trampled By Turtles . . July 5, 2012 . April 30, 2013 .
  13. Web site: Finally, a music show about music . BYU Television . March 28, 2012 . April 30, 2013.
  14. News: Best Of Utah 2013: Media & Politics Page 2 . Salt Lake City Weekly . March 27, 2013 . April 30, 2013.
  15. Web site: BYUtv - Audio-Files . BYU Television . April 30, 2013.