Monday Musings: News from Santigold, Toro Y Moi and The Black Lips

It always seems like our inbox receives quite a bit of love on Monday mornings. Here are some things to sink your teeth into for this week.

Santigold "Girls" via 'GIRLS - Volume 1' soundtrack on Brooklyn Vegan!

Check out a sequence of lip-singing, dancing, femmes, in the new music video for Santigold’s “Girls,” an exclusive single release on the soundtrack for the freshly Golden Globe award winning HBO series Girls, which premiered on Brooklyn Vegan this morning!

The video depicts the essence of New York women, showcasing a variety of shapes, sizes, ages, and personal styles, all accompanied by Santigold’s hard-hitting, light-hearted “Girls” lyrics.  The track is embraced on the ‘GIRLS – Volume 1’ soundtrack among an array of luminaries, including fresh tracks and fan-favorites from Robyn, Icona Pop, fun., Sleigh Bells, Grouplove & Fleet Foxes.

'Girls' OST tracklist:
1) ROBYN "Dancing On My Own" 
2) FUN "Sight Of The Sun" 
3) HARPER SIMON "Wishes And Stars" 
4) SANTIGOLD "Girls" 
5) WHITE SEA "Overdrawn" 
6) GROUPLOVE "Everyone's Gonna Get High" 
7) SLEIGH BELLS "Infinity Guitars" 
8) TEGAN & SARA "Fool To Cry" 
9) THE ECHO-FRIENDLY "Same Mistakes" 
10) ICONA POP "I Love It" 
11) BELLE & SEBASTIAN "I Don't Love Anyone" 
12) THE TROGGS "With A Girl Like You" 
13) FLEET FOXES "Montezuma" 
14) OH LAND "White Nights" 
15) GENERATIONALS "Yours Forever" 
16) THE VACCINES "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" 
17) LIA ICES "Love Is Won" 
18) MICHAEL PENN "On Your Way"

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Stream Toro Y Moi's new album, Anything In Return, over at Pitchfork

Third LP, Anything In Return, due on  Carpark Jan. 22

STREAM: Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return - 

http://pitchfork.com/advance/6-anything-in-return/

TORO Y MOI

01/30 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom +
01/31 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls *+
02/01 Dallas, TX - Trees *+
02/02 Austin, TX - Emo's East *+
02/04 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's *+
02/05 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *+
02/06 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Heaven Stage) *+
02/08 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle *+
02/09 Richmond, VA - The National *+
02/10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *+
02/11 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *+
02/13 New York, NY - Webster Hall *+

02/14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *+
02/15 Boston, MA - Paradise *+
02/16 Montreal, QC - Club Soda *+
02/17 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *+
02/19 Chicago, IL - Metro ^+
02/20 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe ^+
02/21 Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre ^+
02/23 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater ^+
02/24 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge ^+
02/26 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret ^+
02/27 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile ^+
02/28 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^+
03/03 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre ^+

* w/ Wild Belle
^ w/ Sinkane
+ w/ Dog Bite

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BLACK LIPS ANNOUNCE SXSW AND WEST COAST TOUR DATES

VIDEO FEATURE FROM RECENT MIDDLE EAST TOUR NOW UP ON NOISEY; ANOTHER DOCUMENTARY IN THE WORKS BY FILMMAKER BILL CODY.

Black Lips have just announced their intention to dominate the 2013 chapter of Austin's definitiveSXSW Music Festival, immediately followed by a run of dates throughout California, marking their first extensive tour in the area in well over a year (full dates below).

While the tour promises to be as frenzied and frenetic as the band's rabid US fanbase have come to expect, it will be a return to safer territory for the band, who recently wrapped up a trailblazing tour of the Middle East including shows in LebanonEgyptUnited Arab EmiratesCyprus, and more.VICE's music channel Noisey sent a camera crew with the band to document the unpredictable results of their international journey of rock diplomacy. The resulting 10 minute clip surfaced on their website today (spoiler: kids in the Mideast like fun rock music, too).

Additionally Bill Cody, documentary filmmaker and friend of the Black Lips, also travelled with the band overseas and is presently working on an independently produced feature length film. A brief trailer for that project, along with info on how Black Lips fans can help contribute, can be viewed below.

MORE INFO ON BILL CODY'S BLACK LIPS' MIDEAST TOUR DOCUMENTARY HERE:

http://www.indiegogo.com/blacklipsegypttourfilm

UPCOMING BLACK LIPS SHOWS:

Mar 13-17   Austin, TX    SXSW  

Mar 18    San Francisco, CA    Great American Music Hall  

Mar 19    Felton, CA    Don Quixote's International Music Hall 

Mar 20    Santa Barbara, CA    SoHo

Mar 21    Los Angeles, CA    El Rey Theatre  

Mar 22    Santa Ana, CA    The Observatory

Mar 23&24    San Diego, CA    Casbah

Apr 6    Phoenix AZ     Marquee Theatre