SHUFFLE UPDATE: APRIL 15, 2019
The SHUFFLE UP’D EIGHT for this week…
Every week I update ‘THE HI54 WEEKLY SHUFFLE’ with a fresh mix of 54 tracks from 54 different artists, all of which have been featured on a HI54 MIX CD and/or a HI54 MIX TAPE at some point over the years. In other words, it’s a shuffle of all the songs/artists I liked more than the other songs/artists I’ve come across whilst music blogging, which makes it a pretty solid playlist to follow on Spotify / check out over here on the weekly (or jump over to Soundsgood for listening options other than Spotify).
But the thing about playlists is —as nice of an alternative to radio they are to throw on while you distractedly go about whatever it is you’re distractedly going about today— sometimes we lose sight of the individual-ness of of all the individual tracks. Especially, in this case, when there are 54 tracks/artists and the selection of 54 changes every week. Things can get “lost in the shuffle” as they say.
So that’s why I started pulling out 8 gems from each week’s shuffle update & putting the Bandcamp/Soundcloud embeds below (to appease the Hype Machine gods, now that HI54 is listed on there like a real music blog) + some artist links to explore further + different playlists where you can listen to each track mingling with a different batch of songs (because, remember, THE HI54 WEEKLY SHUFFLE self-destructs with new music each week).
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You can also find this track on the ‘HI54… SPRING’ MIX CD, which is a seasonally appropriate playlist to throw on shuffle any time over the next few months when you find yourself feeling like listening to a seasonal appropriate soundtrack + you can also check out what WESLEY JENSEN thinks you should check out in this HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q&A
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You can also find this track on the HI54 MIX CD ‘NIECHES’ that I keep updated with non-dude vibes for my 3 little nieces.
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You can also find this track on the big HI54 MIX CD ‘20X18’, which features 360 tracks from 360 different artists, all released in the year that was 2018 (20 X 18, get it?).
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You can also find this track over on the HI54 MIX CD ‘UNDER THE COVERS’, which is a playlist full of comforting covers + you can also find their lovely live session video popping up in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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You can also find this track in the HI54 ‘MORNINGS’ MIX CD, which, as the name implies, is a nice playlist to throw on shuffle while you shuffle about doing morning things.
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This track is also featured in the HI54 MIX CD ‘MOUNTOWN LIFE’ + you can always find the music video floating about in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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You can also find this track on the giant HI54 MIX CD ‘420 ≠ ALL DAY", which is a collection of 420 tracks from 420 different artists that you can press play on and be set for a soundtrack for the next 24 hours. Which is a long time to listen straight, so feel free to come back to it often (song selection tweaked on the regular).
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This track is also featured in the HI54 MIX CD ‘EH CANADA’, which is a 95 track collection of some of the many great music makers making music up here in oh Canada + you can also check out what LEATHAN MILNE thinks you should check out in this HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q&A
Ok, that’s the SHUFFLE UP’D EIGHT for this week’s ‘THE HI54 WEEKLY SHUFFLE’ update (and yes, you’re right: “shuffle up’d eight” does sound a lot like “shuffle update”). Hopefully you found a few new pieces of ear candy for your personal collection, whether that be from the 8 tracks highlighted above, or one of the many other tasty tracks you can find these 8 sitting next to on a HI54 RADIO somewhere.
And remember, when you hear something you like, share it with someone you like. Because good music getting around to more ears is never a bad thing.
