Articles
Interviews, reviews, and tour stories from Hum's orbit, gathered here over the years. Every piece belongs to its author. I just keep the shelf.
by Matt Talbott
As best I remember, it was 1993 or so. We were limping along through one of our "yeah - we'll play for beer" tours. Ward had a friend we could stay with near Virginia Beach, and so we did. A day of frolicking at the beach got off to a bad start when horse play combined with low…
by Gil Kaufman
Matt Talbott, lead singer and guitarist for Hum, is looking a little distressed, even though today is a big one for he and his comrades in the band. Today, filming of the group's first video for the song "Stars" on their RCA major-label debut You'd Prefer an Astronaut is taking…
by Andy Lietz
When Hum's "Stars" single broke nationwide, the Champaign scene waited impatiently for the development of one of their own. To hear a band on the radio that you had once seen play a keg party in the basement of some ramshackled hole in the wall was quite cool to say the least…
by Buzz
One of the most successful acts to emerge from the Champaign-Urbana music scene, Hum is still humming at full tilt, and they're returning Friday to give us a taste of the sound that helped place us on the musical map. Buzz spoke with Bryan St. Pere.
by Frank Tortorici
Today is the 27th birthday of Matt Talbott, the guitarist/vocalist of the Champaign, Ill.-based drone-rock band Hum. Talbott was formerly in the similar-sounding group Honcho Overload with bassist Jeff Dimpsey (who also was a member of buzz pop/rockers Poster Children). The two…
by Eric J. Herboth · Escapist Magazine, December 1997
Catching up with Champaign-Urbana's hometown heroes HUM. Interview from the 9th of October, 1997. Article originally appeared in the December, 1997 issue of Escapist Magazine.
by Steven P. Ford
Matt Talbott seems like a pretty normal guy. He's a small town boy, hailing from Champaign, Ill. His dress is casual: a gray sweatshirt, jeans and glasses that are almost too big for his face. He sits forward on a plush couch in the RKCNDY greenroom, munching on tortilla chips…
by Andrew Kirkpatrick · The Arcade
The Arcade spoke to guitarist Tim Lash by phone from New Jersey. Arcade: How's the tour going so far?
by Andy Bizer · The Arcade
With a major label like RCA behind them, the members of Hum no longer have to rely on "the Force."
by Christopher Straley · The Daily Illini
Hum, one of the greatest bands to emerge from the Champaign-Urbana area once again invaded the University by playing for a hometown crowd at Mabel's Thursday night. Many people are familiar with their blaring guitars and hard-hitting drum beats in songs such as "Stars." Still…
by Pat Lewis
It's dusk in downtown Los Angeles, and the daily mass exodus of business-suited guys and dolls has nearly come to an end. Encroaching skyscrapers juxtaposed with small, abandoned-looking office buildings are the backdrop for the apocalyptic environment that plagues this…
by Stephen Thompson · The Onion
The Onion: Why should anyone buy your record? Jeff Dimpsey (bass): That's a real loaded question. Jesus. That's like trying to convince a girl at a bar why she should have sex with you when you meet her. You're just gonna end up sounding stupid, aren't you?
by Steve Brydges/Lens Jennifer Pitt
At an out-of-place hair's reach of 6'1", Andy Mueller, a blonde and broad-shouldered twenty-nine year-old photographer and graphic design whiz from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has thrived on opportunities he created for himself not by looks (as handsome as though he may be), natural…
by Jill M. Herold
Four British guys are trying to leave their mark, and - to those few who can hear what they're saying - they're probably succeeding.
by Tobie Depauw
"I had never heard of them before, but I loved it, I really loved it," SIUE freshman Isabella Parlatore said about Hum's April 16 midnight performance at the Side Door. "I like the way they changed rhythm within each song. They were a great line band because all their songs…
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