6/03Pre-orders Available Now
Dear Aristocrats Fans
Pre-orders for both standard and deluxe versions of “You Know What…?” are now available!!! The deluxe version includes a bonus DVD comprising behind the scenes clips and exclusive interview footage, plus a 12-page booklet with artwork for each of the nine compositions.
If you’d like to be one of the first to hear our new album just click on the Store links on the right, where you will find two webstores, one US-based and one UK/Europe-based, containing pre-order options and also our back catalog.
Here’s a little album sampler to whet your appetite. We’re so excited for you to hear the entire thing!
5/11Our New Studio Album!
Dear Aristocrats Fans
Our fourth studio album, “You Know What…?” is complete! This might just be our most ambitious release yet. During the writing and recording of this album we feel like we inspired each other as songwriters and musicians to do things we’ve never done before as a band. Yet still, it’s totally, completely an Aristocrats album. We think it may be the coolest thing we’ve done yet and we can’t wait for you to hear it! “You Know What…?” will be released on June 28th, with pre-sales available in early June. And continuing our Aristocratic tradition of illustrated artwork, Graphic Artist Hajo Müller has created this awesome cover art for us. We’ll be sharing some audio clips and other details with you all very soon…
Track Listing
1. D Grade F*ck Movie Jam
2. Spanish Eddie
3. When We All Come Together
4. All Said And Done
5. Terrible Lizard
6. Spiritus Cactus
7. The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde
8. Burial At Sea
9. Last Orders
And if any of our North American fans would like to see us perform these songs on stage then just head over to our Tours page to see our extensive list of summer shows. See you on the road!
5/06The Aristocrats Tour Phase 2!
This is the post many of you have been waiting for. Phase 2 of our North America tour!! Here are the dates (with a couple more yet to be announced):
09-Aug, Asheville, Isis Music Hall
10-Aug, Nashville, City Winery
11-Aug, Atlanta, Aisle5
14-Aug, Orlando, SoundBar
15-Aug, Boca Raton, Funky Biscuit
16-Aug, Tampa, Brass Mug
17-Aug, Jacksonville, Nighthawk’s
19-Aug, New Orleans / Metarie, Southport Hall
21-Aug, Houston, Scout Bar
22-Aug, San Antonio, Sam’s Burger Joint
23-Aug, Austin, The Dirty Dog
24-Aug, McKinney, Guitar Sanctuary
27-Aug, Albuquerque, Launchpad
29-Aug, Phoenix, Club Red
30-Aug, Mexicali, Bol Bol
31-Aug, San Diego (Ramona), Ramona MainStage
Also, we’ve had such a great response from our fans in Québec that we’ve exceeded the capacity of L’ANTI Bar & Spectacles! So this show has now been moved to Le D’Auteuil which is located just a minute away from L’ANTI. The excellent Travis Larson Band will be opening for us at all of these shows. For full details and ticket links please see our Tours web-page (https://the-aristocrats-band.com/shows/)
4/04The Aristocrats Tour Announcement!
Dear Aristocrats Fans,
We have not one, but two pieces of breaking news. Firstly, we are super excited to announce that we will be touring all across the USA and Canada this summer. And YOU KNOW WHAT…? we’re also able to reveal the title of our new album. In fact, YOU KNOW WHAT…? we already have. See if you can guess ;-)
We’ll be sharing more details about the album soon, in the meantime here is the first phase of North America tour dates. Many additional dates will be announced soon. All tickets will soon be available at http://the-aristocrats-band.
THE ARISTOCRATS “YOU KNOW WHAT…?” NORTH AMERICA TOUR (support from Travis Larson Band)
| June 18-21, 2019 | The Aristocamp | Big Indian, NY |
| June 28, 2019 | Alva’s Showroom | San Pedro, CA |
| July 1, 2019 | Harlow’s | Sacramento, CA |
| July 2, 2019 | Slim’s | San Francisco, CA |
| July 3, 2019 | The Dip | Redding, CA |
| July 5, 2019 | Star Theater | Portland, OR |
| July 6, 2019 | The Crocodile | Seattle, WA |
| July 7, 2019 | Rickshaw Theatre | Vancouver, BC |
| July 9, 2019 | The Reef | Boise, ID |
| July 15, 2019 | RecordBar | Kansas City, MO |
| July 16, 2019 | Slowdown | Omaha, NE |
| July 18, 2019 | Amsterdam Bar and Hall | St Paul, MN |
| July 19, 2019 | Miramar Theatre | Milwaukee, WI |
| July 20, 2019 | Reggie’s Live | Chicago, IL |
| July 21, 2019 | Hi Fi | Indianapolis, IN |
| July 22, 2019 | Token Lounge | Detroit, MI |
| July 24, 2019 | Rumba Café | Columbus, OH |
| July 25, 2019 | Beachland Ballroom | Cleveland, OH |
| July 26, 2019 | The Tralf | Buffalo, NY |
| July 27, 2019 | Lee’s Palace | Toronto, ON |
| July 28, 2019 | Brass Monkey | Ottawa, ON |
| July 29, 2019 | Café Campus | Montreal, QC |
| July 31, 2019 | L’Anti | Quebec City, QC |
| August 2, 2019 | Middle East | Cambridge, MA |
| August 3, 2019 | Gramercy Theatre | New York City, NY |
| August 4, 2019 | Daryl’s House | Pawling, NY |
| August 5, 2019 | Voltage Lounge | Philadelphia, PA |
| August 6, 2019 | Union Stage | Washington DC |
| August 7, 2019 | The Pour House | Raleigh, NC |
4/01Aristocamp Schedule!
Dear Aristocrats Fans
Here it is, the schedule for our very own music camp ‘The Aristocamp’! Check out all the cool stuff we have planned:
ARISTOCAMP SCHEDULE
Tuesday, June 18th
3:00-5:00pm Check In & Registration
5:00-6:00pm Meet & Greet
6:00-7:30pm Dinner
8:00-9:00pm The Aristocrats Live Performance
9:30pm—> Participant jams with Artists In Residence
Wednesday, June 19th
8:30-10:00am Breakfast
10:00-10:45am The Aristocrats Q & A: Ask Us Anything
11:00am-12:15pm Guthrie Govan clinic: Improvisation on material from the new Aristocrats album
12:30-1:30pm Francis Dunnery clinic
1:30-2:30pm Lunch
2:30-3:45pm Bryan Beller/Marco Minnemann: Rhythm Section Concepts on material from the new Aristocrats album
4:00-5:00pm Chad Wackerman clinic
5:15-6:15pm Aristocrats clinic: “The Aristocratic Concept”: Songwriting For The New Aristocrats Album… (and for each other)
6:30-8:00pm Dinner
8:00-8:45pm Michael Manring solo performance
8:45-9.00pm Francis Dunnery joins Michael Manring
9:00-9:45pm Francis Dunnery solo performance
9.45-10.00pm Chad Wackerman and Michael Manring join Francis Dunnery
10:00-10:45pm Chad Wackerman performance
10:45-11:00pm Chad Wackerman joins The Aristocrats
11:00pm—> Participant jams with Artists In Residence
Thursday, June 20th
8:30-10:00am Breakfast
10:00-11:00am Michael Manring clinic/lecture
11:00am-12:15pm Guthrie Govan/Bryan Beller clinic: Harmonic Concepts on material from the new Aristocrats album
12:30-1:30pm Aristocrats + Guest Artists Q & A: Ask Us Anything
1:30-2:30pm Lunch
2:30-3:45pm Marco Minnemann/Chad Wackerman Drum Clinic + Duo Performance
4:00-5:00pm Aristocrats clinic: Band Improvisation (starting a jam from nothing)
5:15-6:00pm Jam With The Aristocrats
6:30-8:00pm Dinner
8:00-9:00pm The Aristocrats Live Performance
9:00-9:30pm Grand finale performance with The Aristocrats, Francis Dunnery, Michael Manring, and Chad Wackerman
9:30pm—> Participant jams with Artists In Residence
For more information and ticket details please click HERE
Cheers,
The Aristocrats
2/25The Aristocamp!
Hello Aristocrats Fans
We are pleased to announce The Aristocamp! A three-day music camp for guitarists, bassists, drummers and fans which will take place from June 18th to 21st 2019 in upstate New York. The Aristocamp will also feature the world premiere of our new material currently being recorded.
This is our very first music camp and we can assure you it will be packed full of activities to educate, inspire and entertain. Musicians and music fans of all ages, abilities and musical tastes are welcome at The Aristocamp. Attendees will be able to fully immerse themselves in the world of music, learning from us, special guests and each other at a wide variety of workshops, jams, Q&As and instrument specific breakout sessions. Of course there will also be opportunities to see us playing as a band on stage, debuting some brand new material alongside old favourites.
The event will be organized by Music Masters Camps, who are well known for facilitating a highly interactive experience between artists and audience. The camp will be held at Full Moon Resort, located a half hour west of Woodstock, NY. It’s a year-round mountain resort in the heart of the idyllic Catskill Forest Preserve and includes comfortable country inn accommodations plus camping and commuter options.
As you might imagine, we’re very excited to provide this unique experience. We’ve each been involved in music camps in the past and the highlight has always been interacting with the passionate musicians and music fans in attendance. Between us we have a lifetime of performing, touring and recording experience to pass on and this is the perfect environment to do that. Also, this time we’ll have the additional luxury of being able to zoom in on how we create our own music, and what happens when we interact as a band and play it live. We might even say it’s ok to break the rules now and then.
We will be joined at The Aristocamp by some special guest musicians, to be announced soon.
Full details are available at www.aristocamp.com and tickets will go on sale at 12pm EST on February 28th. Register before March 12th for an early bird discount. See you there!
Cheers to all,
The Aristocrats
12/07Europe Tour Shirt – Now In Europe! Plus 30% Off JTC, And…
Happy holidays everyone! We’ve got some good news for our very patient friends in the U.K. and Europe: We FINALLY have the Europe tour shirts for sale on your side of the pond! Our friends at JamTrackCentral (based in the U.K.) have come through, and have the shirt available for sale right here – with very reasonable shipping rates.
CLICK HERE to order the limited edition Europe tour t-shirt, shipped from the U.K.
We’re quite proud of our years-long association with JamTrackCentral. Some of you know this, but for those who don’t, JTC provides essential materials – like guitar-less, bass/drums-only backing tracks, and transcriptions of GG’s Aristocratic performances – to guitarists who are up for the challenge of learning Guthrie’s parts off of our three studio albums. (They even have no-bass and no-drums packages, with transcriptions, for the bass and drum parts on “Culture Clash”.)
So JamTrackCentral and the Aristocrats are celebrating the holidays with a special 30% off of all Aristocrats products – album backing tracks, transcriptions, and the digital audio albums as well, all at your option – until December 18!
HOW JTC WORKS: Click the link you want, then select MORE INFO, and then click COMPARE next to where it says “Standard And Deluxe Options Available”, and you’ll be able to customize your package: Digital album only (you probably already have that…right? right?!), backing tracks for play-along and transcriptions, or the Deluxe package which is “the lot” and some bonus video performance along with it.
Deluxe Album Boxset (packages for all three albums!)
Culture Clash (for bass or drums)
The Aristocrats (1st Album)
And we’ve got two more important news items to share:
1) We are close to re-launching our U.S. webstore! We know it’s been down for a while and we apologize for that. Stay tuned for news very soon.
2) WE ARE GOING BACK IN THE STUDIO TO MAKE OUR FOURTH ALBUM, IN MARCH OF 2019.
Sorry for yelling but we’re pretty excited about it.
Happy holidays again everyone!
Cheers to all,
The Aristocrats
