Founding member of Olivia Tremor Control, Bill Doss, has died at the age of 43. It was announced via the Olivia Tremor Control website, which is currently having bandwidth problems. No cause of death is known at this moment.
Belle Histoire is defined as a band with the purpose of reinventing indie rock music while making universal art. In March of 2011, the five-piece from Cincinnati, Ohio built a new sound from the ground up with the lead singer Jane Smith and Aaron Hunt (Guitarist/Vocals). Shortly after they recruited Mitch Winsett (Bass/Vocals), Wes Comer (Drums) and Austin Livingood (Guitar/Keys/Vocals) to complete their new alternative sound. The band announced that they had signed with InVogue Records in January; with a four song EP entitled “I Can Tell” which was released on February 24th. Belle Histoire went into the studio on March 1st to record a full-length album, which will be released in Summer 2012.
UK-based electro-punk-rockers ENTER SHIKARI are gearing up for a North American tour that will bring them to Atlanta on April 1st and circle the US for six weeks. Unlike the current trend in Stateside touring of piling multiple bands into compact packages, Enter Shikari instead are taking only two other bands, Letlive and At the Skylines, along for the long and joyous ride.