The Ivy Vine

"pop without that bitter after-taste"

1.07.2006

The Bowery Ballroom - January 6, 2006

So, a little run-down on last night's Bowery Ballroom show:

A really great evening; Ivy were in fine form. For those who're interested, Adam and Andy came out in suit jackets and ties; Dominique had a blue glittery top and jeans with open-toed silver shoes. But the sound was what really worked: They sounded quite tight and energetic and by the end of the evening Dominique was even slapping hands with the crowd in the front row. The set list following opener Matt Costa went thusly:

Undertow
Thinking About You
This is the Day
These are the Things About You
Keep Moving
Get Out of the City
I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
I've Got You Memorized
Corners of Your Mind
Four in the Morning
Ba Ba Ba
Tess Don't Tell
Edge of the Ocean

Encore:
L'Anamour
Get Enough

Without wanting to spark any frenzy, there was a bit of confusion at the end of the show, as Adam and Dominique seemed to announce simultaneously that "this was the last" Ivy show. Adam amended it by saying "of this cycle." Later, everyone seemed a little cagey as to what that really meant; I think it just means for now that we're going to have to wait a while before fresh Ivy comes down the road. (And Ivy then hits that same road again.)

Afterwards, the band graciously let their tiny dressing room upstairs fill up with well wishers (including the usually-present James Iha, and the dude responsible for signing Ivy in the first place to Seed Records about 10 years ago, Mark Lipsitz) before announcing it was too full and it was time to keep movin' (heh) downstairs. Once down there they continued to graciously hang out with everyone and talk with whoever felt like chatting.

And so there you are! A great show (there was one bridge section which I think came during "Tess" where they did some kind of paralell playing thing with the guitars that just knocked me over) and probably one of the best Ivy ones I've seen. With luck, it wasn't the last one -- and I don't think it will be. Something tells me that by the time they put out the next Ivy record, the road will come calling again. Meanwhile, keep fingers crossed -- new Brookville should be available sometime this spring!