The San Francisco Popfest starts today (imaginary Keenan is already headed south to get there in time for tonight's shows)!!!

The 'fest runs though Sunday, May 24, 2009 and Keenan, amazing imaginary photographer Steve Louie and I will be running around the greater San Francisco area basking in all that fine fine indie-pop.

We're looking forward to most all the bands (ballboy ballboy ballboy), but we put together a podcast of some of the lesser known ones and ones with hit songs we've been listening to on repeat (ahem: Stay Flyin').

You should go listen to it now (and go subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes 'cause we have big plans to make this the summer of podcasts!).

Here's a rundown of what we've included on this week's podcast:

• Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - "1999" from the EP #4
• Still Flyin' - "The Hott Chord is Struck" from the album Never Gonna Touch The Ground
• Pelle Carlberg "1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)" The Lilac Time
• The Orange Peels "Birds of a Feather" from a new nearly ready album
• The Tartans "What About You" from the album My Baby Doesn't Care For You
• Bunnygrunt "Frankie is a Killer" from the Bunnygrunt / Sex Robots split 7"
• Northern Portrait "Crazy" from The Fallen Aristocracy EP
• Sourpatch "Fun" from a demo
• My Teenage Stride "To Live And Die in the Airport Lounge" from the album Ears Like Golden Bats
• Let's Whisper "Hey Sunshine" from the album Make Me Smile
• Antarctica Takes It "C & F", a new single
• Dear Nora "Make You Smile" from the album Three States: Rarities 1997-2007
• Eux Autres - "You're Alright" from the import 7"
• Tullycraft "Yeah, Oh Yeah" -- an unreleased live recording of the TIG 69 Love Songs night at the Crocodile in 2006

Are you headed down there? Any recommendations of what we should do in between shows... or what songs we should request from the bands playing?