It’s bad enough that the late-lamented 90s alt-rock band Soul Coughing split after recording only three albums. What’s truly infuriating is that some of their catchiest songs—”The Brooklynites,” “Needle to the Bar,” “Rare Star Ball”—were only ever released as B-sides, vinyl promos, short-lived Web downloads of studio outtakes, or bonus tracks on foreign pressings. A few made their way onto the post-breakup “greatest hits” compilation Lust in Phaze (is there a point to doing a “greatest hits” for a band with three albums?) or various film soundtracks, but most remain out of print. Which is a damn shame, since I think you could assemble an album from those B-sides and outtakes at least as strong as any of their official releases. Fortunately, someone has gathered these otherwise lost tracks at the aptly-titled blog The Unheard Music, which until someone at the label decides to crack the vaults appears to be the only way to hear some of these. I’m also a little stunned that I hadn’t previously realized there’s a collection of SC live recordings available for free download at the Internet Archive. Needless to say, if you like that stuff, you should hie thee hence to the iTunes Store and buy all their albums.