Shuffle is not very Random?

Ive notice the more i listen to my shuffle the more it seems to grab onto a band then play all the songs by that band in row Then going back to random.
if i have 10 songs by one band it will play them all in row or at least half of them in a row. then go back to playing random songs.
anyone else notice this? i used to notice it in itunes along time ago i thought they got that problem sorted out in itunes but now its back in the shuffle.
its rather annoying i want Real Random music not suddenly listening to the same band over and over.

If you don't mind connecting to iTunes on a regular basis you can switch to "in order" playing and let iTunes do the random for you. You can then verify that the playlist doesn't have clumps of songs by the same band.
You can also try re-shuffling (press play 3 times quickly) to see if that helps.

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