The tragic death of David Berman in 2019 didn't really change my mind about Silver Jews, it just reinforced it. This album, American Water, is one that I've gone back to
Dan Berman is a weird dude. He looks like Bret Gelman playing an aging indie rock asterisk. He was roommates with and collaborated with Stephen Malkmus in college
I’ve been less than kind in my past mentions of No Age. I’ve blamed them for the drowned-in-fuzz aesthetic that came about in the late aughts that kind of swamped
