If Flock of Seagulls’ had an acid trip in a karaoke bar and you were somehow able to capture it on VHS, you might have an approximation of Hot Hot Heat’s 80’s-licous new video for “Harmonicas & Tambourines.” While Snoop may have beaten them to the punch with his 80’s drenched “Sensual Seduction” video (complete with Solid Gold ladies!), Hot Hot Heat are certainly not far behind with their nostalgic new vid (complete with side ponytails and clunky cordless phones!).

VIDEO:
Hot Hot Heat - “Harmonicas & Tambourines”

For their hot-off-the-press Holidaze issue, ReadyMade has assembled a collection of 19 songs from Noise Pop and Barsuk artists. In the spirit of the holidays, they’ve posted all of the songs from their Holidaze Mix online for free downloading along with print-and-fold liner notes (after all, ReadyMade is a mag for people who like to make stuff like their own compact discs!).

Check out a few of the tracks below and head over to ReadyMade to snag some more of the surprising “holiday” tunes!

MP3s:
Death Cab For Cutie - “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Great Northern - “Winter”
John Vanderslice - “White Dove”
Rogue Wave - “Show”

Austin’s Retread Sessions are unique live performances in which musicians are given a chance to reexamine and reconstruct songs outside of the traditional performance locales. Jose Gonzelez recently sat down for a taping at the Blanton Museum of Art and performed two nice versions of “Send Someone Away” and “Abram.” You can check them out (along with some more intimate performances by other artists) on Retread Sessions’ site.

Contrary to its title, if you’re a fan of The Little Ones there is nothing uneventful about their upcoming single. Entitled “Ordinary Song,” it will be released in January with their debut full-length, Morning Tide, to follow in April. The Little Ones are streaming the new song over at their MySpace page to give kids an advanced taste of the track.

STREAM:
The Little Ones - “Ordinary Song”

If you’ve got a hipster on your holiday shopping list, might Hypeful recommend the Elitism Diagram Shirt? Although it’s a funny and spot-on graphical representation of hipster snobbery, just don’t tell them it’s not printed on American Apparel…(Thanks to BWE for the heads up!)