Miss Blanks, COOL TAN (The rebirth of HEAVY), Totems & TV DiSKO all on the very last Friday of Golden Dawn. The end of an era and its only $10! Dont sleep on this event.
MISS BLANKS!
In just over 12 months, Miss Blanks has quickly established herself as one of the most important new voices in Australian hip hop. With fire rhymes, hot style, and a stage presence like no other, she is blowing up the scene in a way that’s too loud for the mainstream to ignore.
With explosive early singles, ‘Clap Clap’ and ‘Freq U,’ she flexed hard and saw the industry clamber to celebrate this new, powerful musical force from Brisbane. Industry heavyweights like Complex, i-D/Vice, Pilerats, Purple Sneakers, Acclaim, and NLV Records were all early fans, singing Miss Blanks’ praises and celebrating her confident sexuality and strong message of positivity & empowerment as a force to be reckoned with.
After signing with superstar Sydney producer Moonbase’s Trench Records in mid-2017, things only continued to go from strength to strength. Performing at the global showcase festival Bigsound, she was recognized as one of the stand out performers by national youth broadcaster triple j, and was named their Unearthed Listen Out Qld winner, securing a spot on the Brisbane leg of the major EDM and hip hop event.
Her next single, ‘Skinny Bitches,’ was released shortly after and added to rotation at triple j, as she also announced her debut EP, D.O.A.T. (Diary Of A Thotaholic) would be released on Trench Records November 17.
Acting as the executive producer on D.O.A.T., she has begun to take more control of her fledgling yet ferocious style, and as she explains herself made a conscious and calculated effort to establish herself as much more than just hype act.
“This is an incredibly honest body of work. Im giving a lot of myself, specifically my body and that can be really taxing emotionally and mentally. While it’s fun, sexy and powerful, its really honest and in turn, puts me in a very vulnerable position for the audience.”
It’s that sensitivity that has seen her not only recognized as a musician, but as an activist, having given talks in London for TED and in New York at NYU, being named one of Spotify’s faces for their 2017 marriage equality campaign, and all the while serving up an unapologetic rawness in all aspects of her career.
Other accolades include supporting international stars like Little Simz (UK) and Dai Burger (NYC), as well as playing spots on prestigious festivals like Vivid, Dark Mofo and Transgenre.
As she moves towards the release of D.O.A.T. more and more major performances are in the near horizon, including the Sydney event The Plot, the iconic Meredith Music Festival, and the massive Laneway Festival touring line-up in early 2018.
As much as 2017 was the year where Miss Blanks established her name, 2018 will be the year Miss Blanks establishes her reign.
