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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The Podcast Playlist

World Atlas - "Winter Stories" from self-titled EP {Magic Marker Records}

Pants Yell! - "Cold Hands" from Received Pronunciation {Slumberland Records}

Bears - "Wait and See" from Simple Machinery {self-released}

Tender Trap - "Oh Katrina" from Invisible Shield {K Records}

Veronica Falls - "Starry Eyes" from Found Love in a Graveyard 7" {Captured Tracks}

Sea Lions - "I Wish I Was Lou Reed" {Yay Records}

Gold-Bears - "Tally" from the Tally 7" {Magic Marker Records}

Dream Diary - "Bird In My Garden" {self-released}

Math & Physics Club - "We're So DIY" from I Shouldn't Look As Good As I Do {Matinee Recordings}

Album release show with Aqueduct and Skeletons with Flesh on Them on June 12 at The Crocodile

Cars Can Be Blue - "Doctor" from the Happy Happy Birthday To Me Volume 4 compilation {Happy Happy Birthday To Me}

Eux Autres - "When I'm Up" from Cold City {Happy Happy Birthday To Me}

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - "Holly Hobby" from Advance Base Battery Life {Tomlab}

Cats on Fire - "Your Woman" {a cover of a White Town song} from Dealing in Antiques {Matinee Recordings}