May is a magical month here in Seattle. We've got spots of sun teasing us with summer promises, Sasquatch anticipation running rampant, and the warm glows of SIFF oozing with the best international indie films. There's only one reason we'd ever want to leave our emerald city bubble during this sweet spot of the year... a good ole fashioned PopFest!

This year, the month of May brought with it two very enticing reasons to head elsewhere: The New York City Popfest {May 20-23, 2010} and the San Francisco Popfest {May 27-30, 2010}. To mark these special events, we've gathered up some of our favorite songs by folks playing these festivals which includes a couple cover songs, a not-yet-released Math & Physics Club song and some rarities to up the popfest ante.  If you were one of the lucky folks that caught any of the NYC or SF Popfest shows, let us know how it went!

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at The Vera Project

"After five songs or so we'll be cannon-balling into this.."

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at The Vera Project

This show was all about pushing the envelope, sometimes successfully and other times a tad too far.

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Portland bedroom lo-fi troubadour Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has announced he (Owen Ashworth) is becoming a they (a bunch of friends -- aka: a band) and they are hitting the road!

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