Real Estate will play the Gothic Theatre on Friday. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Real Estate became an unexpected indie staple with last fall’s “Days,” an overtly toe-tapping record that was embraced by hipsters far and wide. The New Jersey trio’s sound is built around the same surf-rock feel that’s helped bands like Best Coast and Denver’s own Tennis find success over the past two years. Real Estate played a much-hyped show at Moe’s Original Bar-B-Q last fall and will make the down-the-block leap to the Gothic Theatre tonight. Tickets, $15-$18, are available at gothictheatre.com. An early summer evening if there ever was one.

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John Hendrickson is the managing editor of Reverb and an award-winning journalist at The Denver Post. Follow his rants on music and more on Twitter.