SPOTTED OUTSIDE OF: Sonic Boom, 3414 Fremont N, 547-2666

NAME: Jesse Flores

AGE: 29

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? In the ‘hood.

WHADCHAGIT? The White Stripes, De Stijl, S (it’s Jenn from Carissa’s Wierd), the Corn Sisters, Other Women, and the New Pornographers, Mass Romantic.

SO YOU’RE A BIG NEKO CASE FAN? Yeah, I like her twang. I guess I’m a little bit country because I like her, Danielle Howle, Kitty Wells, and Loretta Lynn—who the Corn Sisters actually cover on this album. But I also love loud shit like Sonic Youth and the Donnas.

WHO ARE YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITES? I would like to be the cheddar in an indie grilled cheese sandwich with a slice of PJ Harvey on one side and Jen Trynin on the other, served up with a heaping side of Bettie Serveert! And maybe David Bazan from Pedro the Lion could be the pickle because he’s hot!

LAURA LEARMONTH