Playlist (Matt Stevens prog-rock edition*).

Spooky Action by The Fierce And The Dead

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.)

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