Famous Palindrome: So Many Dynamos Sign with Vagrant Records

I'm stealing my title this morning from my buddy Aaron Belz (read his famous palindrome here) but So Many Dynamos, which is not just a palindrome but a local band, is on its way to being famous, or at least its members may be quitting their day jobs: SMD has just signed with Vagrant Records. Of course, they're not the first local band to get signed to a label or make it big; folks like Bob Kuban, The Urge and of course Uncle Tupelo/Wilco blazed that trail a while ago. But I'll add that I saw SMD play live (at the late, lamented Radio Cherokee) and it screwed my head on backwards; these lads deserve a much wider audience, I thought. Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie thought so too, which is why he recorded the band's third album, The Loud Wars, which was finished in 2007, but will be issued on Vagrant. Looks like there are big things afoot for these gents in 2009. —Stefene Russell