Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor has been talking to BBC Newsbeat about the current state of the music industry and the viability of giving away music for free. He said: "It's a strange one but I think at the moment no-one knows what's really going on and the record companies are really searching for a new way to do business. It's all kind of in turmoil and people are just trying things out. Probably in the next couple of years we'll see a new kind of business emerging".
He continued: "People can get music for free on the net so to [officially] give it away to people [can be] a sensible thing. Big artists like that can make their money in other ways and they can still have a great career. But it only really works if you're a massive act. If we turned around and offered our single for free I don't know how many people would bother". And if Hot Chip don't think they could give away their music, what does that say for even smaller artists? Think on, label folk.