All over the map tonight: ► Spindrift , L.A.'s singular purveyor of spaghetti Western psychedelia, celebrate the release of their new album "Classic Soundtracks Vol. 13 at the Echoplex, supported by the Icarus Line and the Gram Rabbit side project the Country. The videos and trailers for the music on Spindrift's new collection — all collaborations with noted filmmakers — have been premiering on IFC.com (and will be screened tonight). The latest, the Ed Wood Jr. homage "Theme From Ghost Patrol" (above), is the work of directors Jean Balest and Sam [...]

Wednesday is "Buddy Holly Day" in Los Angeles, and on the anniversary of the four-eyed phenom's 75th birthday he will get a (long-overdue) star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with an invitation-only concert that night at the Music Box featuring an A-list lineup of performers including Paul Anka, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Michelle Branch, Raul Malo, Stevie Nicks, Graham Nash and Boz Scaggs. So the shamelessly retro rock of the Hopelessly Devoted has arrived just in time — or 50-some years late, depending on your point of view. The L.A. band is a side project of local [...]

SINGLES The Shangri-La's - "Train From Kansas City" From 19652s "Right Now And Not Later" single Blue Skies For Black Hearts - "Majoring In The Arts" From Embracing The Modern Age , available now Lou Reed - "Charley's Girl" From 19752s Coney Island Baby Fleet Foxes [...]