When David Berman decided to call it quits, the Silver Jew decided to take his father with him. For his final SJ show, he decided to take his band and fans 300 feet underground to the Volcano Room at the... CONTINUE READING SILVER JEWS GO UNDERGROUND FOR FINAL SHOW»
Posted on February 3, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: David Berman | Silver Jews
After twenty years and a half dozen albums (including last year's excellent Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea) David Berman is apparently hanging up the Silver Jews moniker to focus on other projects. In a post on the SJ forum tonight titled... CONTINUE READING SILVER JEW CALLS IT QUITS, EXPOSES DAD»
Posted on January 22, 2009 (26 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Modest Mouse | Silver Jews
Oh noes! Everyone is hating on Radiohead today. Silver Jew David Berman to P4K: "You can go through the whole new Radiohead album and try and tell me what they're saying, and all you'll get over and over again is... CONTINUE READING THEY MIGHT BE WRONG»
Posted on August 18, 2008 (47 comments)
Tags: Coachella | M.I.A. | Radiohead | Silver Jews
Silver Jews' new LP, out tomorrow on Drag City, is streaming on MySpace. Grab an MP3 here.... CONTINUE READING LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, LOOKOUT SEA»
Posted on June 16, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dinosaur Jr | Silver Jews | SXSW
David Berman is king of writing lines that stick with you after one listen. Lines that feel obvious and unadorned, but at the same time hit like colorful epiphany. Which is what good writing can do, no? In "Strange Victory,... CONTINUE READING NEW SILVER JEWS - "STRANGE VICTORY, STRANGE DEFEAT"»
Posted on May 21, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Silver Jews
That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to the awesome lineup or the show-going... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 PHOTOS»
Posted on August 3, 2006 (42 comments)
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