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Jun 20, 2011 Shabazz Palaces By Lauren Barbato

One of the numerous albums NPR is streaming this week is the third full-length from synthpop artist/philosophy professor John Maus. Titled the mouthful We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, Maus’ third effort is a blast from the past—the 1980s, to be exact. Maus arms himself with “sterile beats of outdated machines”, “heavy reverb and delay”, and a booming baritone that would make Ian Curtis just a tad bit jealous. The album, which drops June 28, is available for streaming here, courtesy of NPR.

Today, NPR also released streams for avant-garde rap group Shabazz Palaces’ newest LP, Black Out, as well as the tropicalia compilation Red Hot + Rio 2.

Over at AOL’s music website, Spinner, a stream of British synthpop artist Chad Valley’s 7-track EP, Equatorial Ultravox, was released and can currently be listened to free of cost.

Hype Machine also released today a stream for the self-titled LP from electronic outfit SBTRKT.