ITP: Lissy Trullie's model sound tonight @ TTs

From my Hotline post: An androgynous, pixie-like former New York City model that covers Hot Chip, has a band ripped straight out of the early-‘80s L.E.S. artsy post-punk scene and once attended the Walnut Hill boarding school in Natick? Hey, sign us up.

That’s the resume of 25-year-old rising star Lissy Trullie, and she and her band hit T.T. The Bear’s Place tonight in Cambridge (9 p.m., $10) in what Hotline believes is her first local show since opening up for the Virgins at Great Scott back in February. Her cover of Hot Chip’s “Ready For the Floor” made its way onto TV’s “Gossip Girl” and the soundtrack to flick “Jennifer’s Body,” but her originals boast a cool stripped-down post-punk bounce that should have her poised for big things in the new year. She’s oh-so-New-York it kind of hurts, but the girl’s apparently got some talent beyond the pretty hipster doll-face, and continues this whole garage rock meets new wave musical evolution that’s about to break.

After this year’s “Self-Taught Learner” EP generated some buzz, Trullie’s upcoming debut album, set for release in 2010, is being produced by former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler (you know, for what it’s worth). And her modeling career, though she plays it down in press interviews, includes a 2002 Ryan McGinley portrait and being the inspiration and model of Moses de la Renta’s debut line. Hey, gotta pay those bills while writing spiky rock-pop ditties somehow.

Here’s some visual and aural evidence of Miss Trullie, as we await tonight to see if there’s some live substance to all this style: