― Mike Hanle y, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― philT, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― bnw, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― mike hanle y, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― late adopter, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 09:41 (twenty years ago)
"In the Clear" is an Ivy album par excellence: lush, layered pop that sounds at once classicist and totally contemporary. For the first time, the band wrote songs in the recording studio, and Mr. Chase and Mr. Schlesinger fought their perfectionist production impulses. "We wanted a record that was a little more visceral, with more of a live band sound," Mr. Chase says.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 10:00 (twenty years ago)
"hmmm... I wonder what happened to Ivy?" *finds website at http://www.thebandivy.com *
Hi everyone! 2009 has been a really busy year for all of us:Right now IVY's currently hard at work recording our follow up album to In The Clear. I know we take forever between albums but believe me - another one is on it's way! Look for a release sometime in early 2010.
Right now IVY's currently hard at work recording our follow up album to In The Clear. I know we take forever between albums but believe me - another one is on it's way! Look for a release sometime in early 2010.
Hooray!
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 October 2009 07:25 (sixteen years ago)
BTW, In The Clear is tremendously great. Promo description upthread OTM
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 October 2009 07:26 (sixteen years ago)
didn't know in the clear existed. will have to have a listen. i really hated the covers album.
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Thursday, 29 October 2009 07:51 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S4Fd1GB4J8
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)
Welcome back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAAMdCbwM0w
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)
For what was apparently their first live show in years, they were great! Check them out...
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 08:48 (fourteen years ago)
apartment life sounds nice and sunny on this gloomy day
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 November 2016 21:51 (eight years ago)
Apartment life is so rad if I like that what should i hear next
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 10 February 2018 05:45 (seven years ago)
Their debut, "Realistic" and the "Lately" EP.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 10 February 2018 14:25 (seven years ago)
Long Distance is the last one I fell hard for, though the following discs each had highlights. Apartment Life is my favorite, then Realistic. Happy to have seen them supporting Lloyd Cole way back. Periodically check for word of a new disc, but it's been a while.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 10 February 2018 22:07 (seven years ago)
Love these albums. RIP Adam.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 April 2020 02:16 (five years ago)
Same, never really got into FoW but Ivy soundtracked a good part of my 00's. RIP. Fuck this virus.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 April 2020 08:55 (five years ago)
Never really listened to this band, even when AS passed, but somebody elsewhere posted something this morning and now they are really hitting the spot today.
― Rich Valley Girl, Poor Valley Girl (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 June 2021 21:44 (four years ago)
I adore apartment life. “the best thing” is one of the very best songs of the 90s
― brimstead, Friday, 25 June 2021 23:00 (four years ago)
A half-hour tribute to AS, drawing together various home videos and the like, has just been released by the surviving members:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8xISJVl4lQ
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:03 (four years ago)
This album rules.
hi Brad
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 August 2022 15:26 (three years ago)
which one?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 August 2022 15:46 (three years ago)
Why, Apartment Life, of course
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 August 2022 18:44 (three years ago)
weird, i've been listening to 'get out of the city' on repeat for the last month, perfect too hot song
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 13 August 2022 21:35 (three years ago)
I always have "No Guarantee" from the first album stuck in my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFzM5Axnig
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 August 2022 21:53 (three years ago)
Apartment Life gets a 25th anniversary reissuehttps://www.brooklynvegan.com/ivys-apartment-life-getting-25th-anniversary-reissue-first-ever-vinyl-release-stream-a-bonus-track/
and
https://ivy-band.bandcamp.com/album/apartment-life-25th-anniversary-edition
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 19 January 2023 01:19 (two years ago)
Awesome, I’ve been coming back to that album a lot lately
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:00 (two years ago)
Not sure I knew this thread existed. Great revive!
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:06 (two years ago)
Especially since I posted on it a year and a half ago.
― The Gate of Angels Laundromat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:17 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WwpgucyA7E
^ this was in my head all summer. BEST SONG!
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:35 (two years ago)
Great name
― Jeff, Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:40 (two years ago)
Oh hellohttps://ivy-band.bandcamp.com/album/apartment-life-demos
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 July 2023 12:06 (two years ago)
Meantime, reissue of Long Distance out today digitally:
https://ivy-band.bandcamp.com/album/long-distance
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 September 2024 16:37 (one year ago)
hi
― ivy., Wednesday, 4 September 2024 17:13 (one year ago)
great band tbh
Hello!“The impossible happened: Ivy returns with 10 new songs, built from original sessions with Adam Schlesinger and completed with care.”https://ivy-band.bandcamp.com/album/traces-of-you
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 June 2025 14:03 (five months ago)
Wow.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 June 2025 14:24 (five months ago)
Long profile in RS. Gets pretty honest about the dynamics in the band.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 11 July 2025 16:20 (three months ago)
Quite some detail there about the one fight on tour!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 July 2025 19:01 (three months ago)
On tour (well, three shows at least) in May!https://www.facebook.com/thebandivy/posts/pfbid0C11d9wztqCZwi5DjJ6z6kodyDdbG4yCMYs8kp67N2dyJpXdrAgnGPqgU3hzn5aH3l
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 November 2025 20:03 (three days ago)