Iggy Pop - Post pop Depresssion  (saw the tour supporting the album - Parguay is killer...)
Drive by Truckers - American Band  (saw the tour supporting the album too)
 
JR

jamesg1213
Big Big Train are superb, highly recommended.

Just ordered Folklore.  Curse you "Buy now with one click"!  Curse you Amazon Prime! 

Glyn Barnes
Try I Am the Morning if you like the quieter side of Prog, mostly female vocals and excellent piano. (Flac downloads from bandcamp)

Cairo and Ghost Community are on the heavier, more guitar driven side.

The Moulettes are a young band and worth checking out, they are unique, electric cello, bassoon, bass, piano, guitars and drums. Gentle Giant springs to mind, not surprising the bass players father was GG's drummer.

Panic Room, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka & Touchstone all contemporary Prog favourites of mine did not release albums in 2016.

Thanks, Glyn.  Much to check out here.  So much music - so little time!

Tim Hall has published his albums of the year on his excellent "Where Worlds Collide" blog. A man after my own heart when it comes to music, Tim has been accused of being irrelevant, out of touch and even racist in his choice of music, he tweeted recently that this may be because he writes about struggling prog bands and not millionaire rappers.
 
Anyway given the overlap in my taste and his I will be investigating the albums on his list I am not familiar with.
Part 1 - the "Runners up"
Part 2 - No.6 to 10
Part 3 - No.2 to 5
Album of the Year
 
And a final list of notable EPs etc that did not qualify as albums.
 
 Edit - fixed an incorrect link!
 
 

bitflipper
Good find, James. Thanks.

I just got round to listening to this - That is nice!

Glyn Barnes
Tim Hall has published his albums of the year on his excellent "Where Worlds Collide" blog. A man after my own heart when it comes to music, Tim has been accused of being irrelevant, out of touch and even racist in his choice of music, he tweeted recently that this may be because he writes about struggling prog bands and not millionaire rappers.
 
Anyway given the overlap in my taste and his I will be investigating the albums on his list I am not familiar with.
Part 1 - the "Runners up"
Part 2 - No.6 to 10
Part 3 - No.2 to 5
Album of the Year
 
And a final list of notable EPs etc that did not qualify as albums.
 

 
Your last link is the same as the Album of the Year.  I believe THIS is what you meant to put there!
 
(I'm definitely checking the list later to see if I'm missing anything!)
 

I'm definitely getting that Duski album.  Took a while to find out where, but they have a Bandcamp and I've been enjoying the three songs they demo - perfect background music to drift away with. 
 
Here's a link: http://duskimusic.co.uk/album/duski-2
 
 

craigb
Your last link is the same as the Album of the Year.  I believe THIS is what you meant to put there!
 

 - Thanks, I have edited it now!

Here are my favorites

Radiohead Moon shaped pool
The Jayhawks Paging Mr Proust
Wilco Schmilco
Ben Harper Call it what it is
The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Jason

An addendum to my list. I have just received "I am Snow" by The Heather Findlay Band. What a beautiful, gentle album from the ex-Mostly Autumn vocalist.
 
Edit -Was looking for a link for the "Now Playing" thread, no luck. The website lacks even audio teasers but info here  http://www.heatherfindlay.co.uk/wordpress/?p=766