ALSO WORKING

…Jeff Tweedy (right) announced last month, “I’ve been in the studio with WILCO making some new music, chipping away at a new record. It’s been very, very, very fun and exciting, and we’re having a great time… if I can get everybody in the Wilco braintrust on board, maybe I’ll share a snippet of a work in progress” …enigmatic studio images of P.J. HARVEY (right) with guitar, effects pedals and microphone have emerged, suggesting she’s recording new music …session bass trouper Guy Pratt shared an image of himself with PETE TOWNSHEND in a recording studio with the words, “To say the last couple of days recording has been beyond magical would be an understatement.” Whether it’s a solo Townshend project, new Who or something else, was not revealed … film of FONTAINES D.C. recording with Slowthai in producer Dan Carey’s south London studio was released last month …former Bodysnatchers vocalist

RHODA DAKAR will release a new solo LP in the autumn. It will include her reggae cover of Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World…

LIAM GALLAGHER spoke last month to Radio X’s Chris Moyles about his impending LP C’Mon You Know: “Some of it’s odd, man. 80 per cent of it is a bit peculiar… I still sound normal, and mega…” …Craig and Charlie Reid of THE PROCLAIMERS will record their twelfth LP later this year, following up 2018’s Angry Cyclist … PEARL JAM are planning a new album with Andrew Watt, who also produced Eddie Vedder’s recent solo LP Earthling…