History Music / SoulCoughing

* AlternativeRock

* GenreMashup: The most common description of the band's sound is "jazz-influenced alt. rock," but they also incorporate bits of hip-hop, funk rock and [=R&B=], none of which in their pure forms. At times, the style of the given song is based entirely around what's being sampled.

-->''New York, New York, I won't go back\\

You come down to this."''\\

-->"You get the ankles\\

You come down to this."\\
-'''"Down To This"'''

Soul Coughing were an incredibly quirky band from New York, formed in the mid 90s and enjoying some underground success throughout the decade before disbanding in 2002. They gained a fervent cult fanbase with their unique sound which combined bits of {{alternative rock}} and jazz bass lines with Mark Degli Antoni's unconventional keyboard playing and hip-hop/electronica-influenced samples, all lead by lead singer Mike "M" Doughty's stream of consciousness quasi-rap lyrics to create a style Doughty referred to as "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly deep slacker jazz]]."

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The most common description of the band's sound is "jazz-influenced alt. rock," but they also incorporate bits of hip-hop, funk rock and [=R&B=], none of which in their pure forms. At times, the style of the given song is based entirely around what's being sampled.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: On ''El Oso'', "Houston" fades into "$300".

* AlternativeHipHop: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Mike did rap on certain songs (such as "Monster Man"), his singing style was closer to talk-singing than traditional rapping. The hip-hop influence was stronger in the music, with it's heavy use of sampling and funky bass lines.

* AuthorAppeal: Doughty seems to have a penchant for American geography. The number of mid-size US cities that crop up in the lyrics is staggering.

* FunkRock

* ConspicuousCGI: The sentient anthropomorphic dog skeleton in the "Down To This" video.

* BrokenRecord: Multiple occurrences, especially in "Rolling" and "Circles" -- the latter of which is obviously invoked, as it's about a failing relationship that keeps doing the same tired shit over and over again.
* ClusterFBomb: "Houston" fades out with the lyric "roller-boogie motherfucker" being repeated about 20 times in a row, seemingly just because the band had decided that was an [[InherentlyFunnyWords inherently funny combination of words]].

* {{Homage}}: The bridge to "Casiotone Nation" loosely quotes the themesong to the film ''Film/YorTheHunterFromTheFuture''.

Soul Coughing were an incredibly quirky band from New York, formed in the mid 90s and enjoying some underground success throughout the decade before disbanding in 2000. They gained a fervent cult fanbase with their unique sound which combined bits of {{alternative rock}} and jazz bass lines with Mark Degli Antoni's unconventional keyboard playing and hip-hop/electronica-influenced samples, all lead by lead singer Mike "M" Doughty's stream of consciousness quasi-rap lyrics to create a style Doughty referred to as "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly deep slacker jazz]]."

* WordSaladLyrics: Also one of the band's trademarks. Even their more sensical songs turn into things like "Roller-boogie motherfucker" on loop.

** In "$300", a slowed down clip of "My Favorite Joke" from Creator/ChrisRock's second album ''Roll With the New'' plays after the chorus. The track itself originated from that sample because Mike Doherty had heard the clip and recorded it into his ASR-10 sampler to find out what the joke was (as the audio was initially backmasked on the album), and then wrote the whole track around it.