News
Vestli Due Out August 19 via Big Scary Monsters
Aug 03, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Oslo indie-rock band Spielbergs have shared a new single, “The New Year’s Resolution.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Vestli, which will be out on August 19 via Big Scary Monsters. More
Vestli Due Out August 19 via Big Scary Monsters
May 19, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Oslo indie-rock band Spielbergs have announced the release of a new album, Vestli, which will be out on August 19 via Big Scary Monsters. They have also shared two new singles from the album, “When They Come for Me” and “Get Lost.” More
The Latest Track from the Adult Swim Singles Series
May 14, 2020
By Samantha Small
“Pull yourself together” commands Oslo indie-rock band Spielbergs in their newest single “Go!” The track is part of the a new installment in Adult Swim’s 2019-2020 Singles Series, the Norwegian band’s first real release since 2019’s Running All The Way Home EP. More
Plus Tim Heidecker, Bill Ryder-Jones, Thundercat, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
It was shaping up to be a weak week for Songs of the Week, but then our #1 track emerged today and we dug a little deeper through the week’s songs and put together a compelling Top 10. It’s an eclectic mix of political songs, catchy mainstream pop, a strange sci-fi spoken word track, and some unapologetic guitar indie rock. More
Reviews
Jan 06, 2020
By Michael James Hall
Sparking into fire with 2018’s Distant Star EP, a supercharged power-pop record, strapping together equal parts Superchunk and Teenage Fanclub with a drizzle of post-rock, Norway’s Spielbergs have since debuted their LP This Is Not the End with an expansion along the same lines. More
Jan 30, 2019
By Haydon Spenceley
Spielbergs, Norway’s most recent spectacular rock export, burst onto the scene in 2018 with Distant Star, a debut EP so mature, muscular, and full—equal parts bombast and vivacity—that it seemed almost obscene for it to be a debut. And yet Distant Star was, indeed a debut, one that left fans salivating for what was to come. More
May 10, 2018
By Michael James Hall
Oslo-based indie rock heroes Spielbergs show some remarkable power-pop chops on this, their debut EP. Blending the charging, melodic surge of Superchunk with the arms-aloft overdrive of Japandroids, the Norwegian three-piece vault through opener “We Are All Going to Die,” before picking out an early 2000s NY-inspired guitar-line on anthem “Daisy! It’s the New Me.” More