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Twee kids, this one's for you! Giving a glitter-speckled finger (with Lisa Frank polish on the nail) to all those bands in New York City who take themselves way too seriously, NYC Popfest descends upon the nation's most populous city this coming Memorial Day weekend.

Wait, another Popfest? Didn't Pitchfork just report one of these things yesterday?

And indeed we did. But that was the Athens Popfest (going down in August), and this is the NYC Popfest (going down later this month). And while both boast similarly twee-tastic lineups and share a spiritual kinship, they're separate entities organized by separate pop-loving bodies.

Anyhow, from May 24 through May 28, Popfest NYC takes over assorted city venues-- including Cake Shop, the Knitting Factory, Union Pool, the Delancey, and more-- to bring you a delightful and eclectic assortment of indie-pop goodness.

Highlights include Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Bunnygrunt, Pipas, caUSE co-MOTION!, Human Television, Pelle Carlberg, Dear Nora, Ballboy, a performance by Michael Grace's post-My Favorite project the Secret History, and a rare appearance by longstanding Scot-poppers BMX Bandits.

The happy-go-lucky lineup is rounded out by the following: the Smittens, the Lil' Hospital, Pants Yell!, Cars Can Be Blue, the Besties, Michael Leviton, the Ballet, Baskervilles, the Gazetteers, My Teenage Stride, Yellow Fever, the Specific Heats, Surefire Broadcast, Affair d'Coeur, Best Fwends, Brown Recluse Sings, the Gritty Midi Gang, Harvey Williams, Lispector, the Metric Mile, Mitch Easter, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Reverse, Titans of Filth, Shirley Beans, and the Orange Peels.