Pop Candy — If you visit my apartment, you'll notice several paintings and photographs on the walls. But you'll also see quite a few concert posters from shows my husband and I have attended: Cat Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Silver Jews. A new... more info

Guardian Music — This week School of rock reaches past the merely miserable to explore the anatomy of depressionBlues and country, two of the genres most associated with the misery of the human condition, still speak to us today. In the beginning the Lead Bellys and ... more info

Said the Gramophone — When I met Amber Albrecht, I was wearing my suit. I had just been at a job interview. I was visiting my friend Kit, who had an exhibition on, and as we were talking this small woman came in. She had brought fancy markers and, I think, her lunch. Some... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung This May, two very distinct strains of nerdery will intersect when (former?) Silver Jews frontman David Berman releases a book of cartoons. Drag City will release the book, and they've announced its title on their website: T... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung This May, two very distinct strains of nerdery will intersect when (former?) Silver Jews frontman David Berman releases a book of cartoons. Drag City will release the book, and they've announced its title on their websi... more info

Stereogum — 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 Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennesse... more info

Chorus.fm — *Silver Jews* (http://www.myspace.com/silverjews) played their farewell show this past weekend in a cave 300 feet underground. MTV's James Montgomery was there to witness it, and wrote an article on it here (http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/02/02/silver... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS trawls through all the recent music news so you don't have to. more info

Silent Uproar — In a post on the Drag City forums, David Berman announced that Silver Jews are no more. The band's final album, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, was released last year. more info

Said the Gramophone — This is a special Saturday post because I am extremely bummed out by David Berman's announcement that he is more or less wrapping up the Silver Jews. Berman wants to turn to writing - books? poetry? screenplays? - and is haunted by the fact that his ... more info