8Bitch
Maya Medvesek is anything but a bitch. When I met the 26-year-old, Slovenian-born producer, known to most as 8Bitch, I was pretty taken aback by her complete lack of bitch-ness: She’s tiny; she’s gorgeous and she’s very polite. She’s also mega accomplished, being a former judo champ and a total TV celebrity in her homeland, but we’ll talk about that later. Having just moved back to London from Glasgow with her boyfriend, dubstep/grime/electro producer Rustie, Maya eagerly talks of her upcoming releases, body doubling for Penelope Cruz and why she prefers Buckfast to bubbly. (More …)
Pulled Apart By Horses
The last time I hung out with Leeds-based, very loud rock ‘n’ roll quartet Pulled Apart By Horses, they were sitting in The Lexington pub in North London, killing time between soundcheck and stage time. They were about to play their first London headline show, and had just been nominated for a Critics Choice Award for their performances at last summer’s festivals. They’d also just got back from supporting the mighty Dinosaur Jr. in Germany and had both the indie and the metal press chasing them left, right and center. (More …)
