78 Saab
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Sydney’s 78 Saab Motor Away
Thursday, September 27 2012 at 09:00 PM
Sydney’s great underachievers 78 Saab are calling it a day – but not before a hometown show in December. The band have played some 350 shows since forming in Canberra in 1995. In a statement released this morning they said they could “blame no one but themselves for either their longevity or their …
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Touring News: Alpine, 78 Saab, Last Dinosaurs, Papa Vs Pretty
Friday, February 4 2011 at 02:00 AM
– Hotly tipped Melbourne six-piece Alpine – a band which we described as evoking the “daydream-y distance of Blonde Redhead and Warpaint” – will perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide this month as part of their first headline tour. The band, which recently signed to Ivy League, will of…
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78 Saab
Good Fortune
Monday, Oct 11|by Doug Wallen
For its fourth album, the long-running Sydney quartet 78 Saab has reunited with Tim Whitten, the producer who helmed their first two: Picture a Hum, Can't Hear a Sound (2000) and Crossed Lines (2004). Whitten knows exactly what the band is going for – timeless power-pop as familiar as comfort food …
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Forthcoming: 78 Saab
Saturday, September 18 2010 at 01:00 AM
What: Good Fortune by 78 Saab. When: October 15 through Other Tongues. Key notes: Fourth album for the enduring Sydney four-piece – singer/guitarist Ben Nash, guitarist Jake Andrews, bassist Garth Tregillgas and drummer Nicholai Danko – who formed in 1995. First on new Sydney imprint Other Ton…
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78 Saab Shows
Tuesday, January 22 2008 at 12:00 AM
Having put out their third – and best – album, The Bells Line, and trekked around the country in support of Josh Pyke, Sydney’s 78 Saab have announced a pair of headlining shows for February. ‘Needle in the Hay’ is the new single off the disc, available only through iTunes with two bonus unreleased …
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78 Saab Rock The Bells
Friday, October 5 2007 at 12:00 AM
When Sydney’s 78 Saab released their second album, Crossed Lines, in 2004, frontman Ben Nash was disappointed that it had taken the Canberra expatriates three years to follow up their debut set, Picture A Hum, Can’t Hear A Sound. He was also adamant that that would not be the case next time around. …
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