Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Out of the (Pill) Box

You’ve never heard a songwriter quite like Audrey Ryan. Then again, maybe you have. In reviewing her striking sophomore effort, Dishes & Pills, pundits from coast to coast — including from this very paper — have attempted to pin down her singularly charming sound, invoking anyone from the Beach Boys to Feist, Joni Mitchell to Radiohead. Really, any of those comparisons could fit. Or none of them. Simply put, Ryan is a true sonic enigma. The onetime Burlington resident is a good bet to confound — and delight — audiences and critics once again with the release of her newest album I Know, I Know, which comes out this week. This Saturday she celebrates that album with a show at the Monkey House featuring fellow Beantown rocker Alice Austin and Big Tree.