We have begun recording the follow up to our 2007 debut release, Half Man Army. We’ve laid down almost all of the drum tracks at the very beautiful Q Division studios in Somerville Massachusetts. I’ve been recording acoustic guitar at home and am very pleased about how it’s starting to shape up. We are hoping to release it early next year as a free download, though are thinking of setting up a donation system for those of you who would like to offer some support financially.

It’s been really excited watching how our first record has been received as a free download as we approach 3000 downloads–which is really not bad for a band with next to no promotion or any real industry support. Word of mouth is showing to be a powerful way to get our music out there. We are very, very excited about the new record so please help us by spreading the word.

We hope to have some rough mixes up by the end of the summer, so please check back in. We’ll try to keep you updated as much as possible.

Hey Everybody,

We will be playing two shows this week in Boston and in New York respectively. We’ll be at TT The Bears on Wednesday, then will be playing City Breathing’s record release at Monkey Town in Williamsburg Brooklyn on Saturday.

We are very excited about both of these shows so please try and make it out if you can.

Wednesday, April 23rd
TT The Bear’s - Cambridge, MA

Super Volcano - 11:30pm
Verb The Adjective Noun - 10:40pm
Yerba Mate - 9:50pm
Tsui - 9:00pm

Saturday, April 26th
Monkey Town - Brooklyn, NY

City Breathing - 12:00
Tsui - 11:00
(doors at 10:30, reservations encouraged)

We have been working away on new songs and are getting ready to record. We’re excited to be able to show them off. See you this week!

Thank you to Grace Cresser, Dave Balogh, Andy Martin and the city of New York for your help in the making of this video. VMA’s here we come.

Hey Boston Tsui fans, please come out on Thursday for a great show with us and our friends JP05 at The Abbey Lounge. It’s been a while since we’ve play in Boston. As some of you may know, it has been my home for the past 6 months. Andy Santospago will be joining us once again on guitar.

Speaking of Andy, his debut solo record is getting all sorts of acclaim and is really amazing. You can check out a couple of the songs or download a copy on his website andysantospago.com.

The Abbey Lounge
3 Beacon St., Somerville MA

11:30 JPO5
10:30 Tsui
9:45 Rodick Lorraine
9:00 The True Jacqueline
$8

It has indeed been a while, in this long cold winter, since we have spoken. Firstly, I would like to post some upcoming shows:

01.26.08 - Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn NY — 9pm.
02.21.08 - The Abbey Lounge, Cambridge, MA w/ JP05

Secondly, I would like to announce that Jeremy Thompson and Jen Chouinard have joined Tsui. Jeremy is a life long friend who I played with in a band many years ago, and is a very solid and creative drummer. He also brings his melodica skills and quick wit to the band. Jen, who is also a highly skilled drummer, has moved over to the bass guitar. She also could serve as the back up drummer in case Jeremy decides to commit fully to keyed wind instruments.

I would also like to mention that the late Jr. Corduroy will be releasing a record of previously recorded and unreleased material this spring a called, Studies For a Film. There are no plans to reunite, just to make available 11 songs that were excluded from the two records we made. It has been a very nice experience mixing these songs and hearing them once again. I hope you will feel the same way.

Things are going slow but steady with the new Tsui record. I am hoping to have some rough mixes up this spring as well.

Hey all, it’s been a little while. Things are going well with the new record, I have about ten songs and counting. I’m setting up a little studio in my apartment to do some initial tracking and hoping things go well from there. I keep thinking about different sounds for the record. I’m really into Brain Eno’s ‘Here Come the Warm Jets’ and Nico’s ‘Chelsea Girls’ right now. Somehow mixing the warmth of the guitars on the later with all the interesting sounds and moog parts from the former. I will try to get some stuff up online as soon as I have something worth sharing.

In other news, I will be playing at The Living Room in New York on Friday November 2nd at 9 pm. I will be joined by Jeff Patlingrao on the guitar. Please try and make it out, it’s a really great venue for us. The sound is really great there as well.

Here is a great little review in Reveille Magazine

More to come…

Tsui will be playing our favorite Williamsburg bar on Friday July 13th at Pete’s Candy Store at 10pm. Please try and make it if you can. Charles Michelet will be banging on the drums and I will be playing a couple new songs that I have been working on lately. I’m hoping to start recording some demos this summer which will–if all goes well–lead to a new record sometime next year.
In other news, ‘Dead Letters’ was recently featured on AOL’s music blog Spinner.com. We have also been getting a good amount of airplay throughout the country which is great news for a little band that had next to no promotion. I am still working on a tour at some point soon and the video for Metal Birds is almost completed. I promise to update the site more with more exciting things in the future. Until then…

Hey Everyone. Just wanted to let you know about a great show I’m playing next Wednesday at the Luna Lounge in Brooklyn. I’m on a little later in the evening but it will be well worth hanging around as I’m playing with some really great people. Andrew Kenny (of American Analog Set) will be kicking things off, followed by The Inlets and Ola Podrida who are both fantastic. I hope to see you there.

10:30 — Tsui
9:30 — Ola Podrida
8:30 — Inlets
7:30 — Andrew Kenny (of American Analog Set)

After much deliberation, I’ve decided that the best way for people to hear Tsui is for them to own the album; and the best way for everyone to own the album is for me to give it to them for free, at least for a little while. That’s right, you can now download the entire Tsui record from our website. All I ask is that you give a copy to a friend, lover, unrequited stranger, or even your mom or pop; anyone really who you think might like to hear it. I still believe in this little record and the only way it’s going to get noticed is with your help.

Also, if you have a favorite college radio station in your city, chances are they have a copy. Call them and ask them to play it. If you are a writer or know a writer, ask them to write a review for their blog or zine. If you work in a coffee shop or bar, put it on during your shifts. Every little bit helps. Suppose you are an adequate whistler…

Download Tsui’s Half Man Army in its entirety.

Thanks again to everyone who has bought the record so far. There will be more to come this summer… some more downloads, perhaps a video… stay tunned.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Luna Lounge show last week. We had a great showing for such an early slot on a Thursday night, and I was excited to play the new Luna space. Charles and Kramer sounded great and hopefully we will see them up there again sometime soon.

We have a group of pictures from the show, taken by some friends and a couple from Charles. You can check them out on our new Photos page, which I will try to update with more pictures as they come in. If you have any from this show or previous shows, email them and we will post them as long as they make us look incredibly handsome.