Learning From Las Vegas is now a trio... And on to new territories!
Following the great reviews of last year's brilliant album "Richard and Liz" it´s now time for Learning From Las Vegas to teach the rest of Scandinavia how to Rock 'n' Roll! Crunchy have signed a license deal with Virgin Records which means the album will be out in Norway and Sweden in mid February. To support the Scandinavian releases, Learning from Las Vegas just played a very successful concert in front of a packed and swinging audience at Fritz´s Corner @ Debaser in Stockholm. On the 13th of February the band will play in Norway at the BY:LARM festival in Bergen.

Currently the band's new radiosingle "1989" is out in Denmark and will follow in the rest of Scandinavia, and the video to the previous single "The Only One" will be tested on MTV Nordic during the first week of February (remember to vote!).
But things don´t stop here for our ol´ Crunchy favourite band: We are working hard to release "Richard and Liz" in the rest of Europe this spring as well, and after that ... who knows? Las Vegas!

Finally Learning from Las Vegas started 2004 by announcing that they are henceforth a trio as former semi-attached member Jesper "Fzat" Sand (of THAU) decided to leave the band after having done excellent guitar work on the recent album. Las Vegas is back to the trio set-up as they have been in long periods of their carreer. They had their re-but as a trio in Stockholm and also brought some harddisc tracks featuring some samples, keys and strings. The effect is really great and sets a great mood for their poignant love songs.
The band will take their time to treat the danes with their new live-show in a small string of double concerts with Tiger Tunes. Here are the dates:

Do you want to learn from Las Vegas?
Perhaps with a little help from their stripper or elf (or stripper-elf) from the cover of “Richard and Liz”, Learning from Las Vegas have finally lifted their music out of the basement and placed their songs on what surely sounds like what could be the record of the year.

Here is a little recap of some of the great reviews Learning from Las Vegas have received from the Danish press:

Jyllands-Posten - daily newspaper:
5 out of 6 stars
”Pragtfuld skramlet rock med masser af stof til eftertanke. Learning From Las Vegas, der efterhånden har eksisteret i 11 år, kan stadig. Opleves både tændte og motiverede på "Richard And Liz" og ridser dybt i den musikalske korrekthed og pænhed”
(”Splendid rattling rock with plenty of food for thought. Learning from Las Vegas, who have been around for 11 years, have still got it. They appear highly motivated on “Richard and Liz” and make deep scratches in the musical appropriateness and pleasantness”)

Ekstra Bladet - daily newspaper:
4 out of 6 stars
”KOMPETENT:[Richard and Liz red.]”Learning from Las Vegas tredje og hidtil bedste Album….”
(“COMPETENT: “Learning from Las Vegas' third and so far best album”)

SIRENE – magazine for young women.
4 out of 6
”Hele albummet har en rar og meget fin lyd, og jeg er ret sikker på, at pladeselskabet Crunhcy Frog (der står bag succeser som Junior Senior, Superheroes og The Raveonettes) har ramt plet igen.”
(“The entire album has a pleasant and delicate sound to it and I’m pretty sure that the record label Crunchy Frog has once again hit the mark spot on”)

Gaffa - Music magazine
4 out of 6 stjerner
”… som på den fine forgænger Petit Bourgeois er Richard And Liz spækket med små finurlige sange om parforholdets op- og nedture, hvor deres blanding af pop og rock er svær at modstå” (…) ”Endnu et uimodståeligt album fra Learning from Las Vegas.”
(…like its excellent predecessor Petit Bourgeois Richard and Liz is packed with small atypical songs about the ups and downs of relationships, where their blend of pop and rock is hard to resist”(…)”Yet another irresistible album from Learning from Las Vegas.”

Berlinske Tidende - daily newspaper:
4 out of 6 stars
…med nærværende ”Richard and Liz” træder gruppen for alvor i karakter med en helt igennem helstøbt skrammelbunke af kantete popsange.”
“ with the present “Richard and Liz” the group step into character for real, with a thoroughly integrated junk pile of edgy pop songs.”

Information - daily newspaper:
..."det endelige resultat af al denne skamløse talentophobning er et af efterårets allerbedste danske album..."
..."the final result of all this shameless accumulation of talent is one of the autumns very best danish album...” 

It's gonna be a Crunchy Christmazz
Get your Christmas spirits going on the night of Crunchy X-mas, one hell of an evening with all 8 crunchy bands performing live - and a free exclusive CD for all guests. That's right: Junior Senior, Learning From Las Vegas, The Mopeds, Superheores, The Raveonettes, THAU, Tothe International AND The Tremolo Beer Gut + a free cd AND international DJs as weel: DJ Theandernaler, DJ Crillinator and DJ Franke - all for 180 DKR.

The time for a racing pulse, clammy hands and warnings from your financial advisor is moving closer; Christmas is the name of the Beast! But this year you will be prepared, or at least you will have the resistance to stand up to this demanding season. We – the good and kind people at Crunchy Frog – will give you an injection of pure energy, joy and X-mas love.

Saturday the 30th of November we proudly present the ultimate concert experience of the year in Store Vega, Copenhagen. It’s gonna be one hell of a night with all your beloved crunchy bands performing live, surprises, DJ’s and a buttload of ho ho ho’s. Spread the word: Crunchy X-mas is the only rock’n remedy for this years holyday-blues. As a guest you will receive a special crunchy treat you can’t buy for money: A CD containing crunchy bands covering the songs of other crunchy bands. The bands have done all recordings and honestly: it is one cool cd! With this funky tracklist:

Tothe International: White Trash (written by Junior Senior)
The Raveonettes: Momma, I'm a Communist (Tothe International)
Learning From Las Vegas: Veronica Fever (The Raveonettes)
Superheroes: St. Christopher (Learning From Las Vegas)
Thau: I touched Her Legs (superheroes)
The Mopeds: Awestruck (Thau)
The Tremolo Beer Gut: Deep under the Chinese Snow (The Mopeds)
Junior Senior: Cool Dicks (The Tremolo Beer Gut)


Tickets are available right now (but only 1000 of them, so hurry up!!!). Get’em on billetnet or www.vega.dk

Merry Crunch-mas