IN THIS VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF STRINE WHINE:

THE BEST AUSSIE RELEASES OF 2016: Reviews and retrospectives on our favourite releases of the year, including The Drones, Huntly, Flume, Hi-Tec Emotions, Rebel Yell, A.B.Original, Camp Cope and more.

THE GOON SAX ARE UP TO EVERYTHING: Holly Pereira talks to Brisbane's sweetest sweethearts about their huge year and how they're planning the next one.

THE SECOND ANNUAL STRINE WHINE AWARDS: Returning for its second year, this year The Strineys are giving out Golden Slaheys for the following achievements:
Most Outstanding Use of Social Media
Most Party
Best Skewering of Nihilistic Bros
Best Lesson In How Nothing You Do Will Ever Be A Net Positive For The World, Your Contribution To Lessening The Collective Pain of the Human Race Will Never Not Be Negligible, And In Fact Given Overpopulation The Best Thing You Could Do For Anyone Is Probably Just To Cease To Exist
Best Acting In A Sketch Or Music Video
Greatest Hope The Next Generation Of Teen Punks Have For A Manual On How To Survive The Hellscape Fuckworld They'll Spend The Rest Of Their Lives Fighting Against
Scariest/Sexiest Dance Record
Low-Key The Cutest Smile
Best Lyrical Reference To Tinder
Best T-Shirt
Best Three-Night Stint At The Tote
Best One-Night Stint At The Tote

The elite panel of judges deliberated long and hard over where to hand out these awards, so congratulations to everyone involved. They were well-earned.

New issues out every month. Email tracks, records, gigs, praise, hateful epistles and anything else to jakecleland@gmail.com.