Ivy是来自纽约的一个乐队，成队于1994年。主唱Dominique Durand是一个巴黎女孩。 　　在纽约学习英文的时候结识了乐队的两个创始人Andy Chase和Adam Schlesinger。因为有共同的音乐品位，他们开始准备成立这一组合。而在此之前，Durand从来没有唱过歌。在同伴的鼓励下，她唱了乐队第一个小样"Can’t Even Fake It"。结果当然是令人吃惊的，她的乐感相当出色。于是IVY就这样诞生了。Ivy的音乐是以Durand的声线为主轴，各种乐器如众星拱月般衬托出她冷冽却带着笑意的迷人嗓音。不只是吉他，就连bass和套鼓听来都轻巧明亮又极具个性，每个环节都像指纹般鲜明。 　　在发行了第一张专辑「Realistic」后，Ivy立即引来主流唱片公司的注目，并在1997年发行了成绩耀眼的专辑「Apartment Life」。四年之后，他们发表了「Long Distance」专辑，同样延续清新甜美，又极具时尚感的特殊风格。2002年第四张专辑「Guestroom」诞生了。之所以使用这个名字，是因为在这张专辑中他们翻唱了最钟爱的10首歌曲，包括：The Cure的"Let’s Go To Bed"，The Go-Betweens的"Streets Of Your Town，以及Steely Dan的"Only A Fool Would Say That"，还有法国歌手Serge Gainsbourg的经典作品"L’Anamour"，这首歌曲在Dominique地道的法国嗓音演绎下，更添浪漫情怀。虽然这是一张翻唱的作品，但Ivy已将这些歌曲完全融入他们自己的风格中，如果你并不那么熟悉这些歌曲，那它就是一张非常值得推荐的全新创作专辑。今年3月份，他们又推出了新专辑「In the Clear」，较以往的作品这次没有太大的变化，旋律依然悦耳，音乐依然清新。他们与不少独立乐队一样，从一开始就没有将路线框死，而是一直在不偏离气质的基础上吸纳着丰富的元素。同样是玩摇滚，同样是唱新民谣，Ivy和其他乐队最大不同点就是这三个人有本事让听众瞬间辨别………… 　　In 1991, Andy Chase placed an ad that attracted fellow multi-instrumentalist Adam Schlesinger. In 1994 they met Dominique Durand, a native of Paris who had moved to New York City to study English, and with whom they shared admiration for The Go-Betweens, The House of Love, The Pastels, Prefab Sprout and The Smiths. Although Durand had never sung in a group, she was persuaded by Chase and Schlesinger to sing on some demos, and Ivy was formed. 　　In 1994, Ivy signed with Seed Records and released "Get Enough," which the UK magazine Melody Maker named Single of the Week, followed by the EP Lately. In 1995, they released their first full-length album, Realistic. Lately's cover version of "I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" impressed its author, Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, so much that he invited them to tour together. Ivy also toured during this period with Lloyd Cole, Madder Rose, and Saint Etienne.