Performance

Silver Jews

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Silver Jews refers here to the songbook of David Berman’s long-running indie rock project, formed in 1989 with early collaboration from Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, and later anchored by Berman with Cassie Berman as a key presence. Berman’s writing favors plainspoken scenes, deadpan humor, and sudden moral weight, a style that helped define a strand of American rock lyricism. At the Bowery Ballroom, a New York room with deep ties to 1990s indie touring circuits, these songs are revisited as part of a benefit devoted to Berman’s work. The critical point is simple: the melodies can feel casual, but the language rarely is.