Nialler9 — With just two weeks to go before Metropolis hits the RDS for the weekend, and with news of Prince and Bowie tributes fresh in our minds, the festival has given more details of their speaker strand. Added to last week’s announcement of Karl Hy... more info

Nialler9 — Metropolis Festival will pay tribute to two of the greatest who were lost this year at the festival in the RDS from November 3rd – 5th. Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip) will perform a Prince tribute DJ Set while the Trinity Orchestra will perform the... more info

Nialler9 — Metropolis announced guest speakers for their conversations strand of the festival in conjunction with Red Bull Music Academy in the RDS from 3 – 5 November this year including Karl Hyde (Underworld), Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk), Alexis T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: John Grant with Wrangler, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor with Scritti Politti, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, who just released the spare, intimate solo album Piano, will be performing a spare, intimate solo show in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge on August 21. The performance is in-the-round... Continue reading… more info

NME — Singer says official version of ‘Old Friends 4 Sale’ was ‘too tame’ more info

KEXP Seattle — Last month, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor released his sophomore solo-album Piano. During a set at Manchester’s Granada Studios, Taylor performed a few tracks off the album as well as a cover of Prince‘s rare track “Old Friends 4 Sale.” It’s a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Listen to Alexis' spare, solo piano take on Parade outtake "Old Friends 4 Sale." Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor recently released his second solo LP Piano, a beautiful collection of live covers and original material performed unadorned and unaccompanied on the titular instrument. A few weeks ago Taylor visited Manchester’s historic... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has stripped everything back for his solo album,​ Piano. It’s inspired by divorce, John Lennon and, yes, random pet sounds. Is there anything he can draw on to give the Guardian​ a lesson?Alexis Taylor looks at the gra... more info