Written by: Alex Green

The nineties New York outfit Soul Coughing have announced they will reunite in late summer for a series of live gigs.

Beginning in San Diego in early September, the original line up of Mike Doughty (vocals/guitar), Mark degli Antoni (keyboards/sampler), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), and Yuval Gabay (drums) will embark on a nearly 20-date American tour.

Including two-night stands in San Francisco at the Fillmore and Brooklyn at Brooklyn Steel, the tour will also be making stops in Portland, Seattle, Chicago and Boston.

A mesmerizing blend of trance, hip-hop, drum and bass and modern urban beat poetry, Soul Coughing were a truly original band. In a press release, Doughty says: “Our music didn’t fit into the landscape then and it doesn’t now. We were super incorrect. We were messy. We were all over the place. There were moments in our career where we tried to be less different, and we always failed.”

As for why he decided to reform the band, who broke up in 2000, Doughty says: “I guess I just sort of came back to the music after lots of years of not listening to it. We were never imitated. What really struck me is just how individual all the instruments were. Mark, the sampler player, really did something playing those live samples that nobody ever did. And we just had the best rhythm section in the world.”

SOUL COUGHING – TOUR 2024

SEPTEMBER

11 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern

13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether

14 & 15 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore

17 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom

18 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox

20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot

21 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre

22 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater

24 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

25 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre

27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre

28 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

29 – Boston, MA – Royale

OCTOBER

3 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

4 & 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel