Playlist (Matt Stevens prog-rock edition*).

Celer - Pockets of Wheat (Soundscaping < Bandcamp)

Josh Mason - Hellified Irie (FET Press)

The Crimson ProjeKCt - Live in Tokyo (Inside Out)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (Columbia/Legacy)

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (Warner Bros.)

Cardiacs - Sing to God (YouTube)

The Fierce & the Dead - Spooky Action (Bad Elephant)

King Crimson - Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, Nov. 25, 1981 (DGMLive)

Voivod - Nothingface (Geffen)

Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb (Parlophone)

Bobby Conn - The Golden Age (Thrill Jockey)

Bruford - Feels Good to Me (Winterfold)

Radiohead - Kid A (Parlophone)

Vessels - Dilate (Bias)

Grant Evans - Silent Refusal (Invisible Cities < Bandcamp)

Billy Gomberg - 062915e (a little meta) (Soundcloud)

*Much of the above prompted by this provocative Musicradar listicle of 10 Essential Prog-Rock Albums as compiled by Matt Stevens, guitarist for English quartet The Fierce & The Dead. (Pretend that I listened to King Crimson's Red from memory somewhere in there.)