True Vine

Support this shop y'all! It's an open, quiet space that's easy to navigate and loaded with charm. Reminds me of some landmark record shops I've visited in NYC and Chicago, where the stacks are packed with both recognizable and underground picks and are hallmarks of authentic record appreciation. I had no trouble finding what I wanted and the owner, a super knowledgeable and friendly guy, even offered to play records I was interested in while I browsed. This will be a regular haunt for me.

The only record store in America Crass Lips Records finds worthy and weird enough for our entire bootleg collection of America's strangest!! Owner has collected seriously the coolest records made in the last 30 years.

I pulled up at 7pm during their open store hours and the lights were on but nobody was there and the door was locked. Waited outside for 30 minutes and nobody showed up. The shop seemed cool but it was hard to tell because I couldn’t even go inside.

Come to True Vine for the largest & most up-to-date collection of Crass Lips tapes forever :) So many talented locals here.

Jason is a genuinely good and amazing human and extremely knowledgeable about… 🤔 the universe… and definitely music. Idk been four years since I was there last and that was when the store was still in Hampden. Occasionally I have dreams where I’m back in Baltimore walking through Hampden and it collides with other places I’ve been to so not exactly like Hampden. Anyway, when I’m dreaming about being there I stop by the True Vine and it’s in a new building that has two floors… I go and sit down on a couch on the first floor and usually ask if Jason’s in the store, but every time he’s out of town…