Real Estate/Kurt Vile

Sun., July 11, 9 p.m., $12, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Joel Wright

Two of last year's locally sourced lo-fi-ish success stories are back in town for a victory lap. For New Jersey's Real Estate, in particular, this couldn't come at a better time: While their debut sounded just fine when it dropped in November, they've always been obvious exponents of indiedom's recent "summery" meme (refreshingly, the least gimmicky of the lot). Even without lyrics about vacations and sprinklers, or track titles like "Pool Swimmers" and "Let's Rock the Beach," their languorous, laid-back tunefulness and endlessly crystalline guitar shimmer feel custom-built for lazing about in the late afternoon heat. As for Philly's own Vile, his loose-riffing Matador debut, Childish Prodigy (CP's fifth favorite album of 2009), often got as wild and woolly as Real Estate was mild-mannered and delicate, though both records shared a certain rangy wistfulness. The new Square Shells EP finds him in a mellower, folkier vein, singing those same old summertime blues.