Best of 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
2011 was definitely the worst year of all time so let's hope this year will be better by light years! Here is my annual top 20 songs of the year mix that I post on here every new year! Download it by clicking here, track list is bellow..

1. Breathe - Preteen Zenith
2. You Will Always Bring Me Flowers - Shannon and the Clams
3. Squishy Glass - The Flaming Lips
4. I Wanna Do It - Earth Girl Helen Brown
5. Fly Baby, Fly - The High Llamas
6. I Think I Might Have Built A Horse - The Beets
7. Summer of Love - The Sandwitches
8. Thought Ballune - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
9. My Mess - The Spits
10. How I Roll - Britney Spears
11. Ready To Go Steady - The Go! Team
12. I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight - Eleanor Friedberger
13. Tonite Tonite - Hunx and his Punx
14. Bill For The Use Of A Body - Chain and the Gang
15. Hold My Hand - Mister Heavenly
16. Love Like a River - Girls
17. One Fine Morning - Bill Callahan
18. Plant White Roses - Buffalo Rome
19. Never Come Around - Le Sera
20. If You See My Boyfriend - Donora
download here!!!

In other news, I am planning this year to be the most productive year ever! I've got a lot of projects that I'm working on simultaneously at the moment. The tentative schedule I have made for myself is bellow, but will most definitely be not accurate.

- 120 Days of Autumn (Folk Album) - March/April 2012
- Eternity (100ish page illustration book I've been working on for a while) - June-ish 2012
- Untitled Rap Single - July 2012
- Untitled Punk Album - October 2012
- Bible Patrol (Graphic Novel) - November 2012
- Hopefully some sort of web series that I haven't started yet - 2012???

Also, if you're interested I have made this Tumblr where I post lists of things I like. Sort of like Oprah, but better! It's here
ALSO I now have an art Tumblr here
AND reluctantly a Twitter account here

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
XOXO <3 <3 <3
-Joren

New Song "Decay"

Hey!
So, I'm currently working on two new albums simultaneously at the moment. The first is a quiet folk album, and the second is an angry punk album.
The folk one will most definitely be finished first (hopefully with in the next month or two). It's called "120 Days of Autumn" and here is the first song off of it called "Decay", enjoy!
OH! ALSO.. I can't post an image of it, but I have a full page illustration in this months "Readers Digest Magazine" for their "Last Laugh" page/section. Neat-o! Go grab one or something!
Song written, arranged, produced and performed by me.

Mystical Endeavors

For Those of you who couldn't make it to our show "Mystical Endeavor" here are some of the pieces I made for it! Contact me to purchase prints! joren.cu@gmail.com

Climate Change: Science or Skepticism

An illustration I did for today's New York Times regarding climate change!

Mystical Endeavor

Hey everybody! I'm in this great new art show at the OCAD student gallery called "Mystical Endeavours" with my fellow Illustrator friends Kaley McKean, Nolan Pelletier, Ted Gudlat and Eunice Luk! There are 8 new pieces of mine on display and extremely limited prints for sale also! Come check it out, the show runs until the 29th.

A Brief History of the Bungee

Some spot illustrations I did for the July/August issue of Explore Magazine!

I Fell Asleep At A Lady Gaga Concert

An illustration I did for the Globe and Mail's Facts & Arguments section.

New Full Album - Dolce Musica

Hey everybody I have just released another new batch of songs and put them up available for free download on my website! You can also preview it on my bandcamp page or below....


A handmade limited cassette edition of this album will be available soon for purchase at shows and on the internet!

Download for FREE here!

03 Cold, Cold, Cold

05 How To Build A Boat

11 Exploding Birds/Forgotten Words

14 Blue Suede Shoes (elvis cover)