Backyard Bands is a series of up-and-coming artists that would perform private shows in the backyard of the Media Arts Lab advertising agency for the chance to showcase their music in an iconic Apple commercial.

Artists: The Black Kids, Miniatures Tigers, Little Dragon, Dengue Fever, Theophilus London, Janelle Monae, Black Lips, Katy Perry, Mayer Hawthorne, Dawes, Pipettes, Mike Snow, Ra Ra Riot, Regina Spector, Donovan, Submarines, Virgins