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  "textContent": "Matt Ryan, guitarist with Philly hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches, told us all about Nation of Ulysses' “50,000 Watts of Goodwill\" from Plays Pretty For Baby... Matt Ryan: Plays Pretty For Baby was a mind-blower for teenage me. On this song in particular, almost everything about Tim Green’s guitar is an enigma. First, a blast of feedback that ends with deep sea whale chirps. How does he get this sound? There’s a dissonant intro, then the main riff. This riff snakes around in an odd time signature, sliding between double-stops and single note lines. It hooked me, though at the time, I couldn’t wrap […]\n\nThe post The Riff That Blew My Mind: Bitter Branches Digs Into Nation of Ulysses first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.",
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