P4K 2K9 STAFF PICKS

Difficult choices will have to be made at Pitchfork this year, but here are the sets (or parts of sets) the Metro staffers wouldn't dare miss.

Joe Shanahan:
The Jesus Lizard
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear

Stacey Marquardt:
The Jesus Lizard
Grizzly Bear
The Thermals

Chris Baronner:
The Jesus Lizard
Lindstrom
Grizzly Bear
Pharoahe Monch
Mew
Ice Cream Man (c'mon, who doesn't wanna see him?)

Erin O'Neal:
The Jesus Lizard
Beirut
Wavves
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
M83
Cymbals Eat Guitars

Steve Reidell:
Grizzly Bear
Women
Pharoahe Monch
The Jesus Lizard
DOOM

Lauren Adermann:
Built to Spill
Mew
Grizzly Bear
Beirut
The Flaming Lips

Joe Carsello:
The Jesus Lizard
Fucked Up
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Wavves
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
Vivian Girls

Kevin McElroy:
Built to Spill
The Walkmen
The Flaming Lips

Katie Harrington:
Grizzly Bear
Matt & Kim
Bowerbirds
Yeasayer
Blitzen Trapper

Rachelle Spicer:
Mew
The Jesus Lizard
Beirut
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
DJ Bald Eagle?

Jenny Lizak:
The Flaming Lips
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo

Chris Hoose:
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Killer Whales
Mew
Jesus Lizard
Built to Spill
Japandroids