The members of the beloved space-rock band Hum have always followed a unique orbit. While appearing on MTV's 120 Minutes in 1998 to promote the then-new album Downward Is Heavenward, ...

The shoegaze rockers enjoyed a solid run in the '90s, issuing four studio albums and scoring the gloriously fuzzed out radio and MTV hit "Stars." But after sales for their final album, 1998's Downward ...

Often times, a reunion album reminds you why you fell in love with a band in the first place, proves they’ve still got it, and helps re-establish the band as a force within an era that they had long ...

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Alternative rock / dream-pop-metal outfit Hum are one of those bands whose legend only grew after they disbanded. Their most recent album, Downward Is Heavenward, came out in 1998 — they broke up two ...

Hum were ahead of their time, and it’s as if they needed the world to catch up with them before they could release what may turn out to be their masterpiece.