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{{Infobox television
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| runtime     = 30 minutes
| creator     = [[Matt Eastin]]
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| country     = United States
| network     = [[BYUtv]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2012|4|10}}
| last_aired  = {{end date|2013|5|6}}
}}
'''''Audio-Files''''' is a television music series produced by [[BYUtv]].  The series combines interviews, concerts, and behind-the-scenes footage of nationally rising [[indie band]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/audio-files-profiles-imagine-dragons-paper-route-neon-trees-more/10171189 |title="Audio-Files" Profiles Imagine Dragons, Paper Route, Neon Trees + More |publisher=[[Artistdirect]] |date=June 27, 2012 |first=Maggie |last=Pannacione |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-16035-byutvs-audio-files.html |title=BYUtv's Audio-Files |newspaper=[[Salt Lake City Weekly]] |first=Mason |last=Porter |date=June 7, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>  The show premiered on April 10, 2012, at 6:30 pm MST, 8:30 pm EST.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19928075&s_cid=rss-148 |title=BYUtv's AUDIO-FILES creating underground buzz |work=[[KSL (radio)|KSL]] |first=Faith |last=Heaton |date=April 10, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/53820026-80/song-changed-byutv-cardon.html.csp |title=Stars reveal song that changed their lives in new TV series |newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=March 30, 2012 |first=Scott D. |last=Pierce |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.byutv.org/seethegood/post/BYU-students-attend-exclusive-AUDIO-FILES-screening.aspx |title=BYU students attend exclusive AUDIO-FILES screening |date=April 20, 2012 |work=BYU Television |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>  The show's first press release was on February 29, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://byutv.org/seethegood/post/A-new-season-of-shows-comes-to-BYUtv-this-spring.aspx |title=A new season of shows comes to BYUtv this spring |date=February 29, 2012 |work=BYU Television |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>  Past episodes can be viewed on the show's website.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865554947/New-BYUtv-series-Audio-Files-highlights-rising-indie-bands.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503025043/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865554947/New-BYUtv-series-Audio-Files-highlights-rising-indie-bands.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |title=New BYUtv series 'Audio-Files' highlights rising indie bands |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |first=Michelle |last=Garrett |date=April 30, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
The first season featured rising bands including [[Neon Trees]] (Mercury), [[Imagine Dragons]] (Interscope),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/watch-imagine-dragons-on-audio-files/10036806 |title=Watch Imagine Dragons on Audio-Files |publisher=Artistdirect |date=April 10, 2012 |first=Maggie |last=Pannacione |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kidinakorner.com/2012/04/11/imagine-dragons-audio-files/ |title=Imagine Dragons - Audio Files |date=April 11, 2012 |work=[[Alex da Kid#KIDinaKORNER Records|KIDinaKORNER]] |accessdate=April 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614163221/http://kidinakorner.com/2012/04/11/imagine-dragons-audio-files/ |archivedate=June 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://puregrainaudio.com/news/imagine-dragons-perform-unreleased-track-on-audio-files |title=IMAGINE DRAGONS Perform Unreleased Track on 'Audio-Files' |work=PureGrainAudio.com |first=Chee |last=Kam |date=April 6, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref> [[Mason Jennings]] (Brushfire),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/05/mason_jennings_byutv_audio_files.php |title=Mason Jennings on BYUtv's Audio-Files program |date=May 8, 2012 |first=Danny |last=Sigelman |newspaper=[[City Pages]] |accessdate=April 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429064022/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/05/mason_jennings_byutv_audio_files.php |archivedate=April 29, 2013 }}</ref> [[Trampled By Turtles]] (Banjodad), [[Low (band)|Low]] (Sub Pop),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/236079/group/Features/ |title=A&E Notes: Documentary series features Low, Trampled By Turtles |newspaper=[[Duluth News Tribune]] |date=July 5, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Damien Jurado]] (Secretly Canadian), [[Joshua James (folk singer)|Joshua James]] (Northplatte), and [[Paper Route (band)|Paper Route]] (Universal Motown).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://byutv.org/seethegood/post/Finally-a-music-show-about-music.aspx |title=Finally, a music show about music |work=BYU Television |date=March 28, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-2-17303-best-of-utah-2013-media-politics.html?current_page=2 |title=Best Of Utah 2013: Media & Politics Page 2 |newspaper=Salt Lake City Weekly |date=March 27, 2013 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
==List of artists have performed on ''Audio-Files''==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Episode
! Name
! Air Date<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.byutv.org/show/ae7ef399-a9ee-48ac-99b1-9c22ad9bd12e/audio-files?airdates=true |title=BYUtv - Audio-Files |work=BYU Television |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 01 ||[[Imagine Dragons]]|| 2012-04-10
|-
| 02 || [[Mason Jennings]] || 2012-04-24
|-
| 03 || [[Paper Route (band)|Paper Route]]|| 2012-05-01
|-
| 04 || [[Low (band)|Low]] || 2012-05-15
|-
| 06 || [[Joshua James (folk singer)|Joshua James]] || 2012-05-22
|-
| 07 || [[Trampled By Turtles]] || 2012-07-10
|-
| 08 || [[Ramona Falls (band)|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
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://audio-files.com}}
* {{facebook|340572202647663}}
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[[Category:2012 American television series debuts]]
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