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TVD Live: The Grey Area at Strathmore, 2/10

Whoever keeps complaining about the demise of DC’s music scene should have stopped by the Mansion at Strathmore on Friday night for The Grey Area‘s release party for their new album 508.

Comprised of Jason Steinhauer on guitar and vocals and drummer Timothy Jones (TJ), Washington’s own The Grey Area manages to distinguish itself from the duos it pulls from – the likes of the Black Keys and the White Stripes – through its unique blend of power rock, blues and pop.

The band was playing as part of the Mansion at Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic series, advertised as “the hip party you would host – if you lived in a mansion with an art gallery, a cool band, and a bartender.”

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TVD Ticket Giveaway: Feist at the Music Ctr. at Strathmore, 5/9

With a new album filled with raw, nature-inspired tracks, there is no venue more appropriate for Feist’s return to the DC area than Bethesda’s wood-paneled Strathmore auditorium. Tickets to her May 9th show just went on sale this morning, but we have a chance for you to win a pair.

Perhaps best known for the über-catchy iPod ad “1234,” Leslie Feist quietly and unambiguously shows how much she has grown as a songwriter on her fourth studio album.

Metals distinguishes itself from her previous efforts through pared down, ephemeral songs. Recorded in Big Sur, the Canadian-American’s newest album wistfully evokes the picturesque vistas and waves of the California coast.

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