SHUFFLE UPDATE: APRIL 1, 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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This track is also currently featured in the HI54 MIX CD ‘NOT LOST / NOT FOUND’, which you can pop in your speakers the next time you find yourself looking for a soundtrack for wandering around in either the dusk or dawn (who can really tell the difference sometimes).
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You can also find this track holding court in the ongoing 2019 collection of HI54 hits ‘EVERYTHING LIKED IN <INSERT CURRENT YEAR>’ + you can always find the music video rotating in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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This EP was a fave of 2018, so you can also find this track sitting beside 359 other great tracks from 2018 on the HI54 year end mix ‘20X18’.
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You can also find this track over on the HI54 MIX CD ‘MOUNTOWN LIFE’ + you can always find the music video popping up in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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You can also find this track in the seasonally appropriate MIX CD ‘HI54… SPRING’ + you can also check out what Charlotte Cornfield thinks you should check out in this HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q&A + you can also find the music video popping up in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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This track is also featured on the HI54 MIX CD ‘WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK’, which you probably have already guessed is a playlist featuring songs that feature some good ol’ fashioned whistling in them.
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You can also find this track on the “plays for 24hrs straight without repeating a track” HI54 MIX CD ‘420 ≠ ALL DAY’ + you can always find the music video rotating in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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This track is also featured in the all-Canadian HI54 MIX CD ‘EH CANADA’ + you can also check out what ZINNIA thinks you should check out in this HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Q&A + you can also find the music video popping up in the HI54 ‘FM/TV’ rotation.
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.
