MP3: The Black Lips – “Starting Over” from 200 Million Thousand, due February 24 on Vice.

Sounds like Brian Jonestown Massacre doing one of their early Rolling Stones pastiches. Minus the sense of evil and danger. That, of course, is not a bad thing. In fact, it’s pretty good. Still, let’s hope the album has more muscle than this single. Good Bad Not Evil was a highlight of 2007.

The band is running a video contest through February 15, and the winning director will receive some signed schwag.

The Black Lips: Web, MySpace, wiki, Vice.

Black Lips 2009 Tour Dates

02-26 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree

02-27 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

03-04 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

03-05 Washington, DC – Black Cat

03-06 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s

03-07 Cambridge, MA – Middle East

03-09 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

03-10 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

03-12 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom

03-13 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick

03-14 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium

03-15 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom

03-16 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club

03-17 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room

03-18 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck

03-20 Austin, TX – SXSW

03-21 Austin, TX – SXSW

03-23 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks

03-25 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder

03-26 Tampa, FL – Orpheum

03-27 Miami, FL – Churchill’s

03-28 Gainesville, FL – Common Ground

03-29 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits

03-30 Orlando, FL – The Social

04-15 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar

04-16 San Diego, CA – Casbah

04-17 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse

04-18 Tucson, AZ – Plush

04-20 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep

04-21 Denver, CO – Bluebird

04-22 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

04-23 Boise, ID – Neurolox

04-24 Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan

04-25 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s

04-27 Eugene, OR – Wow Hall

04-28 Sacramento, CA – Blue Lamp

04-29 Santa Cruz, CA – The Blue Lagoon

04-30 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

05-01 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey

05-02 Pomona, CA – Glasshouse