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Yr Knives – “Stretch Bath”

The Chicago instrumental combo Yr Knives includes Tortoise/Eleventh Dream Day member Douglas McCombs on bass along with other local post-rock mainstays. They introduced their debut album Begin Yr Singing with " Fear&Trimbling ," a study in muscular intellectual noodling that surprisingly built to an emotionally devastating orchestral finale. It was tremendous. The post Yr Knives – “Stretch Bath”…

Yr Knives – “Stretch Bath”

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Transfer Report: Top Japanese Footballers Move to New Clubs

Several of Japan’s core players for Samurai Blue, the men’s national soccer team, at the FIFA World Cup transferred to new clubs during the European offseason.

  • Suzuki Zion joins Aston Villa, first Japanese goalkeeper in Premier League
  • Itakura returns to Borussia after Ajax stint, leads Samurai Blue
  • Tomiyasu and Kamada Daichi join Crystal Palace, Samurai Blue teammates

Higan: Japan’s Buddhist Equinox Holiday

Higan, marked twice annually in the periods around the spring and autumn equinoxes, is a Buddhist observance in which people pay respects to their ancestors, such as by visiting their graves.

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