Album of the Day

Founded in New York City in 1992, Soul Coughing carved out a niche in that decade's alternative rock scene with a distinctive mix of hip-hop, experimental sounds and what frontman Mike Doughty once described as “deep slacker jazz.” Hard to label but even harder to resist (“Circles,” “Down To This” and “Super Bon Bon” all charmed Modern Rock listeners back in the day), the quartet released three long-players for Slash/Warner Bros. before breaking up in 2000. RUBY VROOM, IRRESISTIBLE BLISS, and EL OSO are all now available on THE STUDIO ALBUM COLLECTION 1994-1998, which shows Soul Coughing to have been masters of surreal lyrics, off-beat samples and cool instrumentation.