More Baltimore

I was born in Berkeley, CA, and then moved to Baltimore, MD, where I lived from ages 8-19. I always compared Baltimore to Berkeley and I hated it. (Wait, to be fair, I was actually living outside of Baltimore, in rural Baltimore County).
But lo and behold, the ridiculously cheap housing and constant influx of new young art students finally created one of the most beautiful and exciting scenes in the contemporary underground american music/art music landscape. Today's Baltimore holds heavy stakes in the noise world (Nautical Almanac, Tarantula Hill, Lexi Mountain Boys) and the weird pop world (Dan Deacon, Ecstatic Sunshine, Beach House, Santa Dads, Pony Tail, Wham City) and every middle zone in between... which includes the post-late show/youtube- variety-show/underground-document world.
Ladies and gentleman, I would like to present to you a fine—if only somewhat deal-with-able— document of Baltimore circa 2007, The Ed Shrader Show.