Top Ten Favorite Albums: American Water

DC Berman of the Silver Jews is friends with Stephen Malkmus of Pavement fame. And Malky Malk even played on a few Silver Jooos albums, including the classic American Water. Rumor has it that after cutting a few Silver Jews albums, Malkmus realized that Pavement sucked in comparison, and decided that he had to disband and form the Jicks.

Even if that's not true, The Silver Jews are certainly > than Pavement. The album, American Water, is kind of alternative/folky/indie/country and paints a portrait of Americana. For someone who is so paranoid about their country, it's really amazing for me to like something like that. But anyway, the music and the lyrics stand up on their own and The Silver Jews are mad underrated.



The Silver Jews basically sound like if Pavement and Bob Dylan hooked up with Walt Whitman and made a band.

In fact,