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Helen Stellar

LA Rock Band 11 albums picked

Helen Stellar are a Los Angeles–based American band. The band members are Jim Evens, Clif Clehouse (drums), Dustin Robles (bass), and Eli Lhymn (guitar). Although unsigned, the group has enjoyed considerable radio and soundtrack success with support from tastemakers including DJ Nic Harcourt, and directors Cameron Crowe and Gregg Araki.

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Ep #120 ·
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What Helen Stellar said · 9 records

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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips ·1999
"because it's beautiful and I love it and I remember actually living in Chicago when this album came out and just being overwhelmed by it. I just thought it was just so gorgeous and textured and it's just an amazing album I love it."
Watch this moment 0:28
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley ·2005
"Coles Corner is stunningly beautiful. He's probably my favorite solo artist in history. He's just got this really low rumbly voice; he makes beautiful music."
Watch this moment 1:25
Pablo Honey
Radiohead ·1993
"Pablo Honey was the first album I heard that I actually really started to pay attention to guitars and the actual music because of this album. I started playing guitar because of this and the first band I was actually in was a Radiohead cover band."
Watch this moment 1:54
Ragin', Full-On
fIREHOSE ·1986
"I just was an instant fan. I just thought it was the coolest song and growing up in the Midwest it wasn't like fire hose was blaring through the radios or anything, so I mean it was a pretty cool little discovery and I've loved them ever since."
Watch this moment 2:28
Achtung Baby
U2 ·1991
"Isn't it... it could be until the end of the world, great song. Edge is one of my inspirations as a guitar player, not necessarily his style of playing but how nerdy he gets with everything."
Watch this moment 3:10
Marquee Moon
Television ·1977
"Super classic album from a band that was way ahead of its time and making a sound that was very experimental. It's just an awesome album with a sound that still, like, if you heard it today and you played some of the songs on there, you'd be like, 'What's this great new band?' Well, the band that came out 30 years ago."
Watch this moment 4:27
At Action Park
Shellac ·1994
"Shellac, I wanted to get this on vinyl because it sounds so much better. The drum tone on this actually almost want to buy this for Cliff but I'm not that nice so I'm going to keep it for myself."
Watch this moment 5:52
Summerteeth
Wilco ·1999
"I love this album, the best album I thought too. It's just a great album and it's been really collectible and impossible to get on vinyl, so they just re-released it and that's exciting."
Watch this moment 6:20
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós ·1999
"this album really got me through long, you know, finals weeks and stuff like that and a great ethereal album, unbelievable guitar tones that I don't think anyone has matched yet ever."
Watch this moment 6:45
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