Smoking blunts to the face would not make Jordan Pedersen motivated. My favorite instrumentals tend to be the most anxious ones. Clams Casino does bombast exquisitely on “Motivation,” but it’s not Michael Bay, slow-motion bank robbery music. It’s the minute before in the bathroom, with the thief pulling off his balaclava to vomit in the […]

Jordan Pedersen used to be able to draw Dexter – the boy genius not the serial killer – in under a minute. The best music always has something to do with cartoons. That’s not really true, but LA record label Dome of Doom appears to have named themselves after an episode of Courage the Cowardly […]