{"id":137112,"date":"2025-09-11T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/137112\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:02:06","slug":"real-estate-introduce-new-guitarist-james-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/137112\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Introduce New Guitarist James Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/27602-real-estate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Estate<\/a> began <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/real-estate-announce-atlas-anniversary-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their Atlas anniversary tour<\/a> last night, and it meant the debut of a new guitarist, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/julian-lynch-departs-real-estate-ahead-of-atlas-anniversary-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">departure<\/a> of Julian Lynch. Joining the band is James Richardson, a multi-instrumentalist best known for his work on tour and in the studio with MGMT. A representative for Real Estate confirmed that Richardson is a new full-time member of the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might notice a new and friendly face on stage with us this fall,\u201d Real Estate <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realestateband\/p\/DObyN4iEnJV\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realestateband\/p\/DObyN4iEnJV\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realestateband\/p\/DObyN4iEnJV\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> on Instagram. \u201cPlease join us in welcoming <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jomdry\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jomdry\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jomdry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@jomdry<\/a> to the Real Estate Family! This dude rocks !!! \u2026 and he\u2019s played on some of your favorite records of all time, I\u2019m sure of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson has been a fixture in MGMT since <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/14122-congratulations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Congratulations<\/a>, and the band\u2019s Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser have spoken fondly of him in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/interview\/7791-mgmt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interviews<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/cover-story\/9215-mgmt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitchfork<\/a>. Beyond his work with MGMT, Richardson has played on Cameron Winter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/cameron-winter-heavy-metal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heavy Metal<\/a>, Snail Mail\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/snail-mail-lush\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lush<\/a>, Cola Boyy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/5-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-angelique-kidjo-mykki-blanco-gucci-mane-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prosthetic Boombox<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Lynch <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/65534-real-estate-part-ways-with-matt-mondanile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joined<\/a> Real Estate in 2016, following the departure of founding guitarist Matt Mondanile, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/real-estate-fired-guitarist-matt-mondanile-in-2016-because-he-allegedly-mistreated-women\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> after being <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/matt-mondanile-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused<\/a> of sexual misconduct by multiple women.<\/p>\n<p>Real Estate began their tour last night in Los Angeles. The North American tour continues into October.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Estate began their Atlas anniversary tour last night, and it meant the debut of a new guitarist,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,44,968,7604,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-137112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-real-estate","14":"tag-textaboveleftsmall","15":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}