Tonight in L.A.: Cat Power, the Gutter Twins, Light FM

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[Happy birthday, Roberta Flack …]

Cat Power, with local purveyors of tropicalia Fool’s Gold opening, plays the Avalon. .. The Gutter Twins – that’s Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan – hold forth at the Troubadour. … The Parson Red Heads swoop into the Echo for their first show of 2009 – frontman Evan Way says they’ve tweaked the lineup a little and they have new songs to share – when they join headliner Light FM, the Spires and the French Semester (who last month released their latest album, “Good Friends Only I Could See”). … At Spaceland, Miranda Lee Richards continues her residency with support from dreamgazers Lower Heaven. … A couple of familiar faces team up in a new band, Mad Planet, at the Silverlake Lounge; it’s Cooper Gillespie (ex-Bang Sugar Bang) and Greg Gordon (ex-Nervous Return). … And Gary Jules will hold forth at the Hotel Cafe.