David Wm. Sims » unFact http://www.davidwmsims.com Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:04:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 unFact at Bruar Falls – Sunday, June 26 http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/06/24/unfact-at-braur-falls-sunday-june-26/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/06/24/unfact-at-braur-falls-sunday-june-26/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:20:37 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3114 Continue reading →]]> I’ll be playing my first 2011 show at Bruar Falls in Brooklyn this Sunday.  The music starts at 8 PM, and I’m playing with Noveller and US Girls.

Pertinent linkage:
Time Out New York Critics’ Pick
Bruar Falls
Noveller
US Girls

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/06/24/unfact-at-braur-falls-sunday-june-26/feed/ 1 “Bleached Valentine” Reviewed in Foxy Digitalis http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/03/20/bleached-valentine-reviewed-in-foxy-digitalis/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/03/20/bleached-valentine-reviewed-in-foxy-digitalis/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:04:42 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3084 Oh, hi. You just wandered off and I didn’t know where you were. I was worried about you.

Anyway, Foxy Digitalis reviewed the unFact/Noveller “Bleached Valentine” split LP, and rates it 9/10.

Read it here.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2011/03/20/bleached-valentine-reviewed-in-foxy-digitalis/feed/ 2 unFact at the Tank with Noveller collaboration and films by Sean Patrick http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/28/unfact-at-the-tank-with-noveller-collaboration-and-films-by-sean-patrick/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/28/unfact-at-the-tank-with-noveller-collaboration-and-films-by-sean-patrick/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:51:35 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3073 Continue reading →]]> I’m playing this Tuesday evening at the Tank.  The show is early: I’ll start playing at 7 PM and the whole thing will be over by 9 PM.  I’ll play my own unFact set with short films by filmmaker Sean Patrick, and then do a collaborative improvisation set with Noveller.  This is part of the Tank’s Ear ♥ Music series.

Facebook event
Noveller’s web site
Sean Patrick films
Event calendar for the Tank – this incorrectly shows the show as starting at 8 PM.  If you get there at eight, you’ll miss most of the show.

(Photo by Dan Parker)

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/28/unfact-at-the-tank-with-noveller-collaboration-and-films-by-sean-patrick/feed/ 2 “Bleached Valentine” – unFact/Noveller Split LP Now Available http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:50:10 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3065 Continue reading →]]> The unFact/Noveller split LP “Bleached Valentine” is now available for order here.  This is a limited edition of 500 on marbled black and white vinyl in a heavy plastic picture disk sleeve.  Comes with a download code for 320k MP3s, WAV, FLAC, and other formats.

Order “Bleached Valentine”

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available/feed/ 3 unFact Live on Radio K http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/unfact-live-on-radio-k/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/unfact-live-on-radio-k/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:49:33 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2993 Continue reading →]]>

The instrumental music program nowlikephotgraphs has posted the unFact live recording and interview I did in August.  The full show is available for download as WAV or MP3, or you can download the each of the four tracks and the interview as FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or WAV files.

unFact Live at Radio K – August 24, 2010
nowlikephotographs.com
nowlikephotographs on Facebook

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/08/unfact-live-on-radio-k/feed/ 0 Europe Tour with Noveller and Aidan Baker Starts Tomorrow http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/03/europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker-starts-tomorrow/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/03/europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker-starts-tomorrow/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:04:09 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3049 Continue reading →]]>

My tour with Noveller and Aidan Baker and Noveller starts tomorrow in Berlin.

Facebook link

Thursday, November 4, 2010 Berlin, DE Schokoladan
Friday, November 5, 2010 Augsburg, DE Lab40 Festival
Friday, November 6, 2010 Leipzig, DE The Needle & the Damage Done
Sunday, November 7, 2010 Berlin, DE Bis Auf’s Messer
Monday, November 8, 2010 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Copenhagen, DK Lades Kaeder
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Malmo, Sweden Sing Sang
Thursday, November 11, 2010 Stockholm, Sweden Detroit Gallery
Friday, November 12, 2010 Goteborg, SE Cinnober Theater
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Rostock, DE MS Stubnitz
Sunday, November 14, 2010 Bielefeld, DE AJZ
Monday, November 15, 2010 Bochum, DE Christuskirche
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Brussels, BE DNA
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Paris, FR Les Instant Chavires
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Lyon, FR Grrrnd Zero
Friday, November 19, 2010 Linz, AT Kapu
Saturday, November 20, 2010 Vienna, AT Das Werk
Sunday, November 21, 2010 Nurnburg, DE K4
]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/11/03/europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker-starts-tomorrow/feed/ 2 “Bleached Valentine” – unFact/Noveller Split LP Now Available for Download http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/28/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available-for-download/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/28/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available-for-download/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:43:32 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=3028 The unFact/Noveller split LP is now available for download.

The vinyl LPs will be available November 23, although I’ll have them for sale on our upcoming European tour. Keep watching this space for pre-order information.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/28/bleached-valentine-unfactnoveller-split-lp-now-available-for-download/feed/ 0 Upcoming Release: unFact/Noveller Split LP “Bleached Valentine” http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/23/upcoming-release-unfactnoveller-split-lp-bleached-valentine/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/23/upcoming-release-unfactnoveller-split-lp-bleached-valentine/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:05:49 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2976 Continue reading →]]> I’ll be releasing a split LP with Noveller in the next few weeks.  This is a limited edition of 500 LPs, pressed on a gorgeous marble of white and black vinyl and packaged in a high-quality picture disc sleeve.  Purchase of the LP includes a coupon for a free download of MP3s of the album.  Release date is early November.  Check back soon for pre-order information!

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/10/23/upcoming-release-unfactnoveller-split-lp-bleached-valentine/feed/ 0 unFact Europe Tour with Noveller and Aidan Baker http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/31/unfact-europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/31/unfact-europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:33:48 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2917 Continue reading →]]>

(Poster by HLG)

There are still some details being worked out, but here are the dates we have for the European dates I’m going to do in November with Noveller and Aidan Baker:

Thursday, November 4, 2010 Berlin, DE Schokoladan
Friday, November 5, 2010 Augsburg, DE Lab40 Festival
Friday, November 6, 2010 Leipzig, DE The Needle & the Damage Done
Sunday, November 7, 2010 Berlin, DE Bis Auf’s Messer
Monday, November 8, 2010 Hamburg, DE Markthalle
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Copenhagen, DK Lades Kaeder
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Malmo, Sweden Sing Sang
Thursday, November 11, 2010 Stockholm, Sweden Detroit Gallery
Friday, November 12, 2010 Goteborg, SE Cinnober Theater
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Rostock, DE MS Stubnitz
Sunday, November 14, 2010 Bielefeld, DE AJZ
Monday, November 15, 2010 Bochum, DE Christuskirche
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Brussels, BE DNA
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Paris, FR Les Instant Chavires
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Lyon, FR Grrrnd Zero
Friday, November 19, 2010 Linz, AT Kapu
Saturday, November 20, 2010 Vienna, AT Das Werk
Sunday, November 21, 2010 Nurnburg, DE K4

Facebook event link

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/31/unfact-europe-tour-with-noveller-and-aidan-baker/feed/ 6 unFact Interview in the Montreal Mirror http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/27/unfact-interview-in-the-montreal-mirror/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/27/unfact-interview-in-the-montreal-mirror/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:22:24 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2911 The Montreal Mirror ran a short interview with me in advance of my show there Sunday.  Read it here.  I’m not entirely sure what “farewell tour” means, but it’s a nice little piece.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/27/unfact-interview-in-the-montreal-mirror/feed/ 1 unFact at the Windup Space, August 13, 2010 http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/16/unfact-at-the-windup-space-august-13-2010/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/16/unfact-at-the-windup-space-august-13-2010/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:01:07 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2885 dnabass shot some nice video of my show in Baltimore:

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/16/unfact-at-the-windup-space-august-13-2010/feed/ 0 Info on the unFact “Dead Wasp” 7″ Single Download Link http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/10/info-on-the-unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-download-link/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/10/info-on-the-unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-download-link/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:10:40 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2881 Continue reading →]]> For those of you who have bought the single (thank you!)  and are using the download code to get the MP3s and artwork (smart shopper!), please be aware that you have to type in the link exactly as it appears on the slip, including the capitals, the underscore, and slash at the end, like this:

http://www.davidwmsims.com/DeadWasp_downloads/

Or, just click on the link here:

http://www.davidwmsims.com/DeadWasp_downloads/

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/10/info-on-the-unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-download-link/feed/ 0 unFact “Dead Wasp” 7″ Single is Now Available http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-is-now-available/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-is-now-available/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:22:05 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2845 Continue reading →]]> The unFact “Dead Wasp” 7″ single is now available for sale by mail order or at unFact shows, while they last.  It comes with a download code for 192 kbps MP3s and artwork.

The singles are $7 for US orders and $9 for international.

Buy yours here.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-dead-wasp-7-single-is-now-available/feed/ 4 unFact at the Knitting Factory with Wrekmeister Harmonies http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-with-wrekmeister-harmonies/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-with-wrekmeister-harmonies/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:02:34 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2841 Continue reading →]]> I will be playing at the Knitting Factory tomorrow with Wrekmeister Harmonies, Chris Brokaw, and Peg Simone. Besides playing an unFact set, I will also be sitting in along with Chris Brokaw during Wrekmeister Harmonies’ show. This is going to be a great night.

Get tickets here.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/08/07/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-with-wrekmeister-harmonies/feed/ 0 New unFact “Dead Wasp” T-shirts Now Available http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/30/new-unfact-dead-wasp-t-shirts-now-available/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/30/new-unfact-dead-wasp-t-shirts-now-available/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:50:07 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2810 The new unFact t-shirts are here:
The shirts are $15 for domestic USA orders, $20 for international orders.
Order yours here.

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/30/new-unfact-dead-wasp-t-shirts-now-available/feed/ 1 unFact Tour Dates http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/23/unfact-tour-dates/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/23/unfact-tour-dates/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:03:18 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2694 Continue reading →]]> Okay, it’s time to hit the road.  Here are my upcoming US and Canadian tour dates with Noveller.

(Poster by Reuben Sawyer)

Thursday, August 12 Chapel Hill, NC Nightlight (w/ Twig Harper)
Friday, August 13 Baltimore, MD The Windup Space
Saturday, August 14 Washington, DC Comet Ping Pong
Sunday, August 15 Philadelphia, PA Highwire Gallery (w/ US Girls)
Monday, August 16 Buffalo, NY Gateway Gallery (w/ Vic Lazar, Pam Swarts)
Tuesday, August 17 Pittsburgh, PA Garfield Artworks (w/ Pairdown)
Wednesday, August 18 Cincinnati, OH Art Damage Lodge (w/ Mike Shiflet, Early Tunnels)
Thursday, August 19 Columbus, OH Looks Like It’s Open (w/ Mike Shiflet)
Friday, August 20 Milwaukee, WI Sugar Maple
Saturday, August 21 Chicago, IL Viaduct Theater (Neon Marshmallow Festival)
Sunday, August 22 Chicago, IL Viaduct Theater (Neon Marshmallow Festival, improvised duo with Noveller)
Tuesday, August 24 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar (BUY TICKETS)
Wednesday, August 25 Iowa City, IA White Lightning
Friday, August 27 Ann Arbor, MI HOTT LAVA
Saturday, August 28 Toronto, ON Teranga
Sunday, August 28 Montreal, QC Casa del Popolo
Tuesday, August 31 Quebec City, QC L’agitee
Wednesday, September 1 Burlington, VT The Monkey House (w/ Animal Hospital)
Thursday, September 2 Portland, ME Apohadion (w/ Animal Hospital)
Friday, September 3 Providence, RI AS220 (w/ Animal Hospital)
Saturday, September 4 Boston, MA Spectacle (w/ Animal Hospital)
Sunday, September 5 Easthampton, MA Flywheel (w/ Animal Hospital)
]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/23/unfact-tour-dates/feed/ 2 Artwork for unFact’s Dead Wasp 7″ Single http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/20/artwork-for-the-unfacts-dead-wasp-7-single/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/20/artwork-for-the-unfacts-dead-wasp-7-single/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:39:01 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://www.davidwmsims.com/?p=2658 Continue reading →]]> I am very happy with the amazing artwork done by Jonathan Hargreaves and the design layout by Andreas England for the unFact 7″.

The singles will be on sale here as soon as I get them, and which I hope will be in time for my August 8 show at the Knitting Factory and my August tour dates.

Jonathan Hargreave’s web site

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/07/20/artwork-for-the-unfacts-dead-wasp-7-single/feed/ 1 unFact at The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn – June 29, 2010 http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/29/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-brooklyn-june-29-2010/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/29/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-brooklyn-june-29-2010/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:53:52 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://davidwmsims.wordpress.com/?p=2582 I’m playing tonight at the Knitting Factory.

Lapis Lazuli – 10:30
unFact – 9:30
Avondale Airforce – 8:3-

Facebook link
MySpace link

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/29/unfact-at-the-knitting-factory-brooklyn-june-29-2010/feed/ 0 unFact at Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn – June 23, 2010 http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/21/unfact-at-goodbye-blue-monday-brooklyn-june-23-2010/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/21/unfact-at-goodbye-blue-monday-brooklyn-june-23-2010/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:56:02 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://davidwmsims.wordpress.com/?p=2579 I’m playing this Wednesday with Noveller, Brian Olin, and Miracles at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick.   The show is free, so come on out.

New Yorker blurb
Facebook link
Myspace link

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/21/unfact-at-goodbye-blue-monday-brooklyn-june-23-2010/feed/ 1 unFact in Los Angeles – Thursday, June 17 http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/15/unfact-in-los-angeles-thursday-june-17/ http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/15/unfact-in-los-angeles-thursday-june-17/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:54:01 +0000 David Wm. Sims http://davidwmsims.wordpress.com/?p=2567 I’m playing this Thursday at The Echo.  The headliner is Vato Negro, with Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.  I think this is going to be a really great show.

Facebook link
MySpace link

(Poster by Sonny Kay)

]]> http://www.davidwmsims.com/2010/06/15/unfact-in-los-angeles-thursday-june-17/feed/ 4