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

Paste Magazine — Silver Jews' frontman David Berman allegedly called it quits after half a dozen albums, according to the Drag City imprint's official message board Thursday evening. One of two posts written, titled "Silver Jews End- Lead singer bids his well-wis... more info

NME — Silver Jews mainman David Berman has announced that he is splitting the band up. more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung Yesterday evening, a post appeared on the Drag City message board titled "Silver Jews End-Lead Singer Bids his Well-Wishers Adieu". In it, someone purporting to be Silver Jews main man David Berman wrote that the band's January... more info