Silver Jews
A beautiful mess of indie rock, country-rock and lo-fi with lyrics both witty and profound, the Silver Jews were formed in 1989 by writer/musician David Berman with his friends, guitarist/singer Stephen Malkmus and drummer Bob Nastanovich. The trio performed together as Ectoslavia when they studied at the University of Virginia; after graduation, they moved to New York and shared an apartment. Dubbing themselves the Silver Jews -- after the Silver Apples, the Silver Beatles, and slang for blonde-haired Jewish people -- they played noisy, often imp...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Recorded while Brian Jones was being kicked out of the group, "American Water" was instantly declared the album or the year. Or as we say around the office, the financial surprise of the year. Features Steve Malkmus and David Berman.
LP $15.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Brand new material from Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers is their first album in 4 years. Oh Yeah did we mention Malkmus is back? "The Silver Jews sound bigger. Not just because Tanglewood Numbers incorporates some Nashvillian arrangements, or because Dave Berman actually attempts a vocal range, but rather because this latest album is something fuller and more consistent than even the Jews' 1998 near-masterpiece American Water. " Harp
LP $15.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! 2008 release, the sixth album from Silver Jews and their first since Tanglewood Numbers from 2005. All a-sweat and working hard, rumbling with terror and humility like old Johnny Cash, leader David Berman is once again your tour guide into the void, pointing out spots where some dreams died and other candy-colored conceits were conceived.
LP $16.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Their second album featuring band members David Berman, Steve Malkmus, and Bob Nastanovich. Includes everything that is in the script and nothing that is not in the script. A record made by Capricorns especially for Capricorns. Featuring the All-Marijuana Scarecrow.
LP $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. The new Silver Jews comes to you in 12"EP and CDEP form. The title track is the radio track, and combined with the three that follow it, "Tennessee" is a release that's going make Silver Jews fans very happy. Why? Well, let's see - there's the classic Silver Jews assortment of grade-A song structures, strikingly original roots rock sounds, funny lines and heartfelt lead vocals from David Berman, all delivered in a new way that will cause the sentimental to be sentimental and the cynics out the [ read more ]
12" $11.99
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VINYL FORMAT. David Berman and Stephen Malkmus, the principal Silver Jews, met at the University of Virginia in the late '80s, around the same time Malkmus was flying home to California on vacations and starting Pavement. The Silver Jews' first two EPs shared Pavement's noise-straddled, lo-fi aesthetic; on them, the Jews sounded like a scaled-back, literary Pavement. (Pavement, in turn, took on the Silver Jews' sense of lyrical exploration, and has continued traveling down that road deep into its career.) S [ read more ]
LP $14.99
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VINYL FORMAT. "On the Jews' latest releases, Bright Flight, [frontman David Berman continues to captivate. Berman's palette is a world in which George Washington shares a stage with the University of Tennessee Volunteers, the Royal Trux, tanning beds and a waterslide in Chattanooga. When he sings of a sky "low and gray like a Japanese table" and "icicles dripping/like the whole house is weeping," he connects the dots of the painting with a talent usually reserved for classical sculptors and software [ read more ]
LP $14.99
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