{"id":2090,"date":"2013-05-01T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2013-04-30T23:46:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T03:46:26","slug":"el-sportivo-the-blooz-nights-weekends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/05\/01\/el-sportivo-the-blooz-nights-weekends\/","title":{"rendered":"El Sportivo &#038; the Blooz, Nights &#038; Weekends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?attachment_id=2091\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/elsportivo-495x500.jpg\" alt=\"elsportivo\" width=\"495\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2091\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/elsportivo-495x500.jpg 495w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/elsportivo-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/elsportivo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Nights &#038; Weekends<\/i>, the new record from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElSportivoandTheBlooz\">El Sportivo &#038; the Blooz<\/a>, is aptly named; this could be music for the after-hours, for unwinding and spinning down. Or it could be company for the dark hours of the third shift. It definitely is high-quality smooth country funk &#8211; sippin&#8217; whisky for the soul, if you will.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F78801902\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The songs have a sneaky hypnotic quality. Sneaky in the sense that days may pass between the time you listen to a song and the time you find yourself singing it to yourself while doing the dishes; hypnotic in the sense that it is easy to become wholly absorbed by the bright ribbon of pedal steel twining through the crashing guitars, and forget all about the dishes.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F89178735\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s okay, though, the dishes can wait, because it&#8217;s time to grab your sweetie and slow dance around the kitchen.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F78802233\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOther notes: El Sportivo (Daron Hollowell, co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackiris.tv\/\">Black Iris<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/whiteiris.tv\/\">White Iris<\/a>) is actually a man with two bands: The Blooz, on the West Coast, and the Dirty Palms, on the East. They play the same songs, though, and should either name appear in your concert listings this year, get out and see them. I promise it will be refreshing.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><font SIZE=2>DON&#8217;T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE NTSIB <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/29MN2QG\">READER SURVEY<\/a>! 10 questions that should not take more than 10 minutes of your time. Please stand up and be counted and give us your unvarnished opinions!<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nights &#038; Weekends, the new record from El Sportivo &#038; the Blooz, is aptly named; this could be music for the after-hours, for unwinding and spinning down. Or it could be company for the dark hours of the third shift. 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