Real Estate -- Listen Up!

Posted on Jul 23rd 2010 5:15PM by Kim Davis
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We're constantly getting turned on to new music here at Spinner HQ. Between our Free MP3 of the Day and weekly Free CD Listening Party, we hope you are too. To help further the cause, we're gonna bring you our personal must-hear music picks with Listen Up! -- Spinner's weekly spotlight on staff-approved artists who rock our world.

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Who: Real Estate
Hail From: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Why We Love Them: Listening to this New Jersey outfit's breezy, jangly surf-pop is straight-up transporting. That's right; close your eyes. Now picture the sand on your feet, the smell of the sea ...
Essential Listening: 'Beach Comber' (MP3 Download)
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Exclusive Q&A With Singer Martin Courtney:

What's your favorite album right now?
Over the past few months, I've probably listened to Television, 'Adventure' the most.

Tell us about the first concert you ever saw.
I saw Weezer at [New York City's] Irving Plaza with [guitarist] Matt [Mondanile] and [bassist] Alex [Bleeker] from Real Estate when we were like, 15. Julian Lynch was with us, too, and our friend Andrew Russeth. Matt's dad drove us in to Manhattan and we ate at the Carnegie Deli beforehand. Julian got really sick at the show from eating too much pastrami or something.

What's your biggest vice?
Icing bros.

If you could own actual real estate in any country, where would it be? Why?
USA, baby. Because at least I know I'm free.

What's your favorite thing about New Jersey?
Evan Brody's swimming pool.