ALSO WORKING

…SLY STONE (right), back in the studio? He appeared on This Day In Music History by Southern Californian musician Sal Filipelli, and, says Sal, “there is a new Sly Stone album coming soon” …expected in October, THE POP GROUP ’s new album (working title: Holiday On Mars) is, says Mark Stewart, “a stand against manufactured hate… it’s a hypersonic journey into a dystopian future full of alien encounters and sci-fi lullabies.” With songs including City Of Eyes, War Inc. and The Pure Ones, UK dubmaster Dennis Bovell – who worked on Y back in 1979 – and Hank Shocklee from The Bomb Squad produce. “The Pop Group’s on fire,” says Stewart. “We can’t stop ourselves creating” …THE VACCINES are recording their fourth album in London, Madrid and Los Angeles. Regular producer Cole M. Greif-Neill, who’s also worked with Julia Holter, Beck and Ariel Pink, mans the desk … WARPAINT have recorded their third album at their House On The Hill studio in Los Angeles. Jake Bercovici produced it: “He’s like the fifth member of Warpaint,” says guitarist Theresa Wayman. “[The record] is more vivid, confident and to the point… we wanted to let parts have space to speak rather than all talking at once.” … Billboard reports that, at 80, JOHNNY MATHIS is making a concept album with Clive Davis and Kenneth ÔBabyfaceÕ Edmonds … Britpop could’ve-beens ECHOBELLY are recording a new album called Anarchy And Alchemy. A PledgeMu

sic-financed affair, for £200 you can play percussion on it…