''Audio-Files'' is a television music series produced by
BYUtv
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. The series combines interviews, concerts, and behind-the-scenes footage of nationally rising
indie bands. The show premiered on April 10, 2012, at 6:30 pm MST, 8:30 pm EST.
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. The show's first press release was on February 29, 2012. Past episodes can be viewed on the show's website.
The first season featured rising bands including
Neon Trees (Mercury),
Imagine Dragons
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(Interscope),
Mason Jennings (Brushfire),
Trampled By Turtles
Trampled by Turtles is an American bluegrass music, bluegrass-influenced Folk music, folk band from Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota. They have released ten full albums, three of which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard (magazine), Billboa ...
(Banjodad),
Low
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(Sub Pop),
Damien Jurado (Secretly Canadian),
Joshua James (Northplatte), and
Paper Route (Universal Motown).
The second season featured bands including
The Head and the Heart (Sub Pop),
The Album Leaf (Sub Pop),
Mates of State (Barsuk),
Nada Surf
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1992, consisting of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums), and Daniel Lorca (bass, backing vocals).
After initially operating under the name Helicopter, Caw ...
(Barsuk),
Akron/Family
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Music and history
Though each member of the ba ...
(Dead Oceans), and more.
Salt Lake City Weekly
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named the series "Best Music Television 2013".
List of artists have performed on ''Audio-Files''
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Rock music television series
2012 American television series debuts
BYU TV original programming