So Many Dynamos

So Many Dynamos Celebrates Ten Years at Off Broadway

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Here's a Look at So Many Dynamos in the RFT Over the Years

This week's music feature on So Many Dynamos is the latest piece on the band in the pages of the RFT. In that feature, singer/keyboardist/guitarist Aaron Stovall says the group's latest release (a self-titled EP that comes in the form of a digital download whose only physical presence is a SMD 'frid ... More >>

St. Louis Artists So Many Dynamos, Flame to Play SXSW

Some familiar names are listed on the latest South by Southwest line-up announcement, including our own hometown dance-rock heroes So Many Dynamos and local Grammy-nominated Christian rapper Flame.

Finding Yourself In The Used CD Bin

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. It is possible that a generation of future musicians will create music that is never released physica ... More >>

Maps & Atlases

8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The Ten Best Shows this Weekend: March 23 to 25

One can entertain oneself for pretty cheap this weekend, as all of the events listed below are under $20 (except for Rollins)....some are free! Vintage Vinyl is playing host to back to back in-store performances: Chrissy Renick will play on Friday and Lights will play an early show on Saturday. The ... More >>

Biggest St. Louis Music News Stories of 2011: Part Two

Tower Groove Records Formed Tower Groove Records aims to bring bands out of dingy south-city basements and into, well, other dingy south-city basements. The collective won't be funding the release of records but hopes to utilize the cumulative talents and experience of its members to make it easier ... More >>

Volcanoes Signs to Afternoon Records

​St. Charles' loudest duo took a huge, sudden leap today, signing with respected indie label Afternoon Records. The label's current roster includes Pomegranates, John Vanderslice and Haley Bonar. Its alumni include beloved local post-punk Target Market. In its announcement of the signing, Af ... More >>

So Many Dynamos Foam Residency Starts In One Week

​So Many Dynamos, which recently lost guitarist Griffin Kay to a move to Boulder, will be tuning its new look a bit with a series of shows at Foam Coffee & Beer. The band is selective about St. Louis shows, so this is a rare opportunity to spend some quality time with one of our city's lynchp ... More >>

So Many Dynamos' Griffin Kay: The Exit Interview Before His Final Show

Corey WoodruffThis man, one Griffin Kay, is leaving So Many Dynamos Monday for cooler pastures. ​In the time it takes him to explain what he'll miss about his band, guitarist Griffin Kay has driven home from work, opened the door, said hi to his new wife, and cracked open a beer. When he gets ... More >>

Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: July 29-31

​It's almost all about the locals this week, with Spelling Bee kicking off its tour tonight at Pig Slop and a Saturday night on which we really wish we could clone ourselves: Griffin Kay's last show with So Many Dynamos, Jason Torbitzky's last show with Theodore at the Union Electric 7" relea ... More >>

Hear Four New So Many Dynamos Tracks, Recorded At KDHX

​So Many Dynamos, laying relatively low recently, is having a big week: This Saturday at Cicero's, the band will wish farewell to its bassist Griffin Kay with one last show before he moves to Colorado. More on that to come -- there is further excitement from the Dynamos camp. The quartet spen ... More >>

Griffin Kay on Novelty Records and the Pay-What-You Want Model

Jon Scorfina​Often times the biggest music collectors are musicians themselves. This is certainly true for So Many Dynamos guitarist and long-time record collector Griffin Kay. We recently met with Kay outside his Soulard apartment as he was carrying a new record player upstairs. His fiancé N ... More >>

So Many Dynamos' Cinco de Mayo Set: A Police Helicopter and an Impromptu Venue Switch

So Many Dynamos at Cranky Yellow. Photo by Jarred Gastreich.​Needless to say, things got a little hectic over the weekend at the end of Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee, which celebrated its fifth year. By all accounts the day was a success: good crowds, good art, good times, etc. However, the eclect ... More >>

Here Are Your 2011 RFT Music Awards Nominees

Wikimedia Commons​Without fanfare, here are the 2011 RFT Music Awards nominees. Bands performing at this year's RFT Music Showcase, which takes place on Saturday, June 4, on Washington Avenue, will be taken from this list. Like they are every year, the nominations are cobbled together from fan ... More >>

Ten Best Non-Mardi Gras Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: March 4 to 6

​This weekend kicks off the drunkest time of the year in St. Louis -- yes, it's Mardi Gras, the precursor to the days-long St. Patrick's Day celebration. All of the Mardi Gras listings and action is here. Some of the shows coming to town are here. And below, ten more events at which you won't ... More >>

Hear New So Many Dynamos Music Played Live

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

Fresh Paint For Black Friday (Hawthorne Headhunters So Many Dynamos Illphonics @ 2720 Cherokee)

Image viaHawthorne Headhunters is Black Spade, Coultrain and I, Ced.​You've probably already heard about the awesome awesomeness that is and will be Fresh Paint II this Friday at 2720 Cherokee. The event's Facebook page already has more than 15,000 (!) invites.But, if you aren't already in the kno ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Thursday, December 24 to Sunday, December 27

Thursday, December 24 *Christmas Eve Comedy Night, Off Broadway Friday, December 25 *Brian Henneman, Duck Room *Old Lights/Where's Charlie/Waiting for Jimmy/Harmed Brothers, Off Broadway *El Monstero, The Pageant

Hometown Proud: The top ten local releases of 2009

Download: So Many Dynamos' Daytrotter Session

It's good to see so many St. Louis bands recording sessions for Daytrotter, the Rock Island, Illinois, website/company/music mecca that's become a must-visit destination. Joining Gentleman Auction House and Pokey LaFarge in the website's spotlight is So Many Dynamos, whose session went live this pas ... More >>

Interview: Nathan Bernaix, New So Many Dynamos Guitarist

​About three months ago, I quit So Many Dynamos. My spot was filled by my dear friend Nathan Bernaix, best known as the frontman for Target Market. Dynamos recently returned from its first tour with Nathan and are playing its first local show with the new lineup tonight at Off Broadway with ... More >>

Homespun: HUMDRUM

Individual Man
(self-released)

Last Live in St. Louis Series CD Release Tonight at Lemmons!

Tonight is the last of three release shows for Nick Acquisto's Live in St. Louis CD compilation. The gig takes place at Lemmons, and features Glass Teeth, N. Nomurai, The Pat Sajak Assassins and Tory Z. Starbuck. $10 gets you into the show and a free CD. Last week we posted MP3s from some of t ... More >>

Tomorrow! Vintage Vinyl In-Stores from Cavo, the Bottle Rockets

It's been quite a good few months for St. Louis bands in terms of national exposure. First, in June, So Many Dynamos released The Loud Wars on Vagrant Records. A few weeks later, Son Volt's Rounder Records debut, American Central Dust, hit stores. And now tomorrow finds the national release of two e ... More >>

Here's a Review OF Pitchfork's So Many Dynamos The Loud Wars Review

Yes, Pitchfork reviewed So Many Dynamos' The Loud Wars this morning, and gave it a middling 5.5. Most of the review talked about Washington, D.C.'s music scene. Gee, that's novel -- I've never heard that SMD sounds like the Dismemberment Plan before. Ever. /sarcasm Thanks to Idolator, I stumbled upo ... More >>

So Many Dynamos

8 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Congrats to our So Many Dynamos Contest Winners!

Congratulations to our So Many Dynamos contest winners: Justin Price, Chris Tucker, Jenn Miller, Dan O'Saben and Chris Melkus. See the band on Thursday night at Vintage Vinyl (9 p.m.) and on Saturday night at the Firebird (8 p.m.). Bam.

Radical Sons, PhaseOne, So Many Dynamos Receive Pitchfork Mentions

STL's musicians have been all over Pitchfork in the past few weeks. On June 2 the site ran a little news blurb announcing the release of So Many Dynamos' The Loud Wars. (Aside: How about a review too, guys? Flashlights received one...) Last Monday, PhaseOne's remix of Animal Collective's "Daily Rout ... More >>

Reminder: So Many Dynamos Contest Download Free MP3!

Just a reminder that you have one week left to enter our So Many Dynamos contest, to win its new album, The Loud Wars, a "New Bones" 7" and tickets to its CD release show on Saturday, June 27 at the Firebird.Also, be sure to head over to So Many Dynamos' PureVolume page and snag a free MP3 of the RA ... More >>

Win So Many Dynamos' The Loud Wars, "New Bones" 7" and CD Release Show Tickets!

Today is finally the day that you can head to the store and snag So Many Dynamos' Vagrant Records debut, The Loud Wars, the album that's nearly two years in the making! Courtesy of Vagrant, I have *five* sweet prize packages to give away: a copy of the new album, a limited-edition, numbered, colored ... More >>

Top Nine Local Moments of the Year

(Words by Andrew Scavotto; photos by Annie Zaleski) After devoting a significant amount of time to exploring local music in 2008, moreso than in years past, I've decided to end the year by blogging about my favorite moments. This isn't necessarily a list of my favorite shows -- rather, it's a list ... More >>

St Louis Makes a Decent Showing at CMJ

2008 Music Award Nominees: Best Indie Band

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Live Act

Midwest Mayhem

7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street

KDHX/Twangfest SXSW Day Party

St. Louis Weekend Round-up: January 25 to 27

Random Weblinks, Here, There and Everywhere: Sonic Youth, the Verve, So Many Dynamos, Girl Talk, Japan, more!

Gentleman Auction House Recording Blog -- and many more Local Band Blogs too...

Circuit Breakers

Sparks fly as So Many Dynamos generates indie buzz.

Travis Morrison Hellfighters: Review of All Y'All and Bonus Dynamos interview

Introducing the Band, Part One: Ryan Wasoba's Bass Day

This Just In: July 31, 2007

Target Market / Ad Astra Per Aspera

9 pm. Thursday, January 18. Ground Floor (215 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois).

Local Motion: So Many Dynamos / The Ghost of the Forest / Berlin Whale

8 p.m. Saturday, December 9. Saint Louis University's Billiken Club, Busch Student Center (20 North Grand Boulevard).

2006 RFT Music Awards

Dean C. Minderman|Kristyn Pomranz|Andrew Miller|Kristie McClanahan|Christian Schaeffer|Andrew Miller|Ben Westhoff|Annie Zaleski|Brooke Foster|Jaime Lees|Roy Kasten

Say Panther

Thursday, January 26; Radio Cherokee, (3227 Cherokee)

Go West (and North and South and East), Young Men

A local band has some big tour plans this summer

So Many Dynamos

Sunday, April 4; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center