Spinning Platters presents: How Did I Get Here?
Episodes
How Did Eddie Argos of Art Brut Get Here?
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eddie Argos is the lead singer of the British cult band Art Brut. They are currently on the road touring to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their cl...
How Did Sydney Kane Get Here?
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How Did I Get Here is back for its first episode of 2026. And my chat was with the amazing musical comedian Sydney Kane ahead of her bringing her one-...
How Did Black Polish Get Here?
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
20-Year-Old Jayden Binnix, aka Black Polish, just released their second album, YUNA, a concept album about a succubus that feeds off the souls of men....
How Did Ghostwoman Get Here?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of "How Did I Get Here?" features the amazing psych duo Ghostwoman. We talked at length about music, being in a band, and what to do w...
How Did Angie Monroy of The McCharmlys Get Here?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, I had the opportunity to see The Sonics play at Great American Music Hall. It was a fantastic show, but I was particularly entranced by the...
How Did Molly Neuman Get Here?
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Neuman is a rock n roll legend. She is the drummer for Riot Grrl groundbreakers Bratmobile. She was also a member of The Peechees and The Frumpi...
How Did Kathy Foster of Roseblood Get Here?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Odds are that you don't know the name Kathy Foster, but you've probably seen her live a few dozen times. She's probably best known as the bassist for ...
How Did Nadia Quinn Get Here?
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nadia Quinn is an NYC-based singer, songwriter, comedian, writer, and actress, and she probably has 100 other jobs that we neglected to cover. We had ...
How Did Demi Adejuiygbe Get Here?
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people know Demi Adejuiygbe as the mastermind behind the legendary "September" videos. What you may not know is that he was a writer on The Good ...
How Did Zoe Ko Get Here?
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Ko is a pop/rock songwriter who has gifted the world some great, highly infectious singles and an EP in 2023. 2024 has been incredibly productive...
How Did Jennifer Clavin (Dear Francis) Get Here?
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Clavin has been near the top of my interview bucket list since the inception of this site, a whopping 15 years ago. (!) I've followed her car...
How Did Noga Erez Get Here?
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Noga Erez is a brilliant MC who, after years generating buzz in the underground, is putting out her major label debut, The Vandalist on September 20t...
How Did Victoria Bigelow Get Here?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I didn't know what to expect when I got on a call with Victoria Bigelow. All I knew about her was that I'd kinda fallen in love with her head-...
How Did Miki Berenyi Get Here?
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Miki Berenyi, famous for fronting the legendary 4AD act Lush. We talked about her career, the nature of the UK music press, radi...
How Did Jamie Loftus Get Here?
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Loftus is a writer, actor, comic, cartoonist, podcaster, and probably has about 3500 other jobs that we never covered on this episode because, w...
How Did Dulce Sloan Get Here?
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are trying something new with this episode. I am NOT doing any preroll. No theme song. No "warm open." Let me know what you think? Dulc...
How Did Annie Hart Get Here?
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we had Annie Hart, formerly of Au Revoir Simone, one of Spinning Platters' all-time favorite bands. We talked about the importanc...
How Did Bethany Cosentino Get Here?
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may know the name Bethany Cosentino as 1/2 of the popular LA duo Best Coast. After nearly 15 years of plugging away, they decided it was time to t...
How Did Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife Get Here?
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rakel Mjöll is the lead singer of UK punk band Dream Wife. This conversation was witty and full of positive, inspirational energy. Also, nothing has ...
How Did Louise Post Get Here?
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Post is the co-leader of Chicago rock icons Veruca Salt, an important distinction that she does, indeed, correct me on in this episode. We spok...
How Did Salami Rose Joe Louis Get Here?
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Olsen, aka Salami Rose Joe Louis, is an incredibly hard to pin down musician. I have often found her loosely labeled "jazz" or "...
How Did Kate Mattison & Lola Adonna from 79.5 Get Here?
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
79.5 are a 5 piece R&B group from New York City, and we got to chat with band leaders Kate Mattison and Lola Adonna about their career path, the e...
How Did Serge Nakauchi Pelletier and Maya Kuroki of TEKE::TEKE Get Here?
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TEKE::TEKE are a psychedelic rock band from Montreal that perform in Japanese. And by psych rock, I mean they are absolutely genre-bonkers. They bring...
How Did Zella Day Get Here?
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zella Day is a singer songwriter that signed to Hollywood Records when she was merely 17, and has been putting out a steady stream of material since t...
How Did Sergio Dias (of Os Mutantes) Get Here?
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've made it to the fourth season of How Did I Get Here?!!! And our first guest of a bonafide rock legend- Sergio Dias, founding member of the ground...
How Did Jean Grae Get Here?
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a loooong time, hasn't it? Fear not- I will try not to leave you, my loyal listeners, hanging for this long again. And it was worth the wait...
How Did Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells Get Here?
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexis Krauss is the lead singer of the popular band Sleigh Bells. Their noisy blend of grindcore guitars and pop beats may not be the most suited for...
How Did Rhian Teasdale of Wet Leg Get Here?
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most episodes of this show are with someone that has had a long and storied career. I mean, that's kind of the premise of the show. However, the oppor...
How Did Tricycle Records' Julie Schuchard get here?
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Schuchard is the co-founder of Tricycle Records, who have given us records by local acts such as The Hot Toddies, Everyone is Dirty, Andrew St J...
How Did Chris Appelgren Get Here?
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I got to talk with Bay Area music legend Chris Appelgren. We talked about many of his bands, including Bumblescrump (sadly not getting...
How Did Mo Herms Get Here?
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Herms has done pretty much every job in music you can imagine... From record store clerk to radio programmer to journalist to licensing to, well, j...
How Did Liz Miele Get Here?
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of "How Did I Get Here?", I got to talk with stand-up comedy prodigy Liz Miele about her career, including getting started at 16 and c...
How Did Maggie Arthur Get Here?
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Arthur is a Campaign Coordinator for Our Music My Body, an organization that works with music venues and festivals to raise awareness of sexual...
How Did Mickey Darius Get Here?
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Darius is the owner of Broken Clover Records, a wildly eclectic record label featuring acts like June of 44, Enablers, Danielle de Picciotto, a...
How Did Yo Kinky Get Here?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remember January 2020? It was a time of magic and optimism. It was an election year, and our Democratic contenders were such a supergroup that whoever...
How Did The Loyal Seas (Tanya Donelly & Brian Sullivan) Get Here?
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Remember how I said a few weeks ago that I'm the 1st season of "How Did I Get Here?" was over? Well, I lied. I didn't lie, but I had the opportunity t...
How Did Paige Parsons Get Here?
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is rock photography extraordinaire, Paige Parsons! We talked her first shows, how she stumbled into rock photography, giving away ice cr...
How Did Pskyo Steve Get Here?
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is legendary Phoenix-based concert promoter Stephen Chilton, aka Psyko Steve. We talked about how he got his start putting on s...
How Did Russell Gatewood Get Here?
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features one of my earliest music industry mentors, Russell Gatewood. I met him while interning at UMGD while I was in college. We discus...
How Did David Owen Get Here?
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this installment, I got to speak to SF Sketchfest co-founder David Owen about, well, how to put on an underground comedy festival, and what do you ...
How Did Lani Torres Get Here?
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Lani Torres, co-owner of Ivy Room, a great 200 cap room in Albany, CA. We talked about her first show, how she fell into ...
How Did Ashley Graham Get Here?
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Graham is the marketing director for The Fillmore and The Masonic. She's also the art director behind those amazing Fillmore posters. In her fr...
How Did Amy Davidman Get Here?
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Davidman is one of the partners of The TBA Agency, a booking agency that was formed by a team of booking agents that were all let go of Paradigm A...
How Did Carlos Alazraqui Get Here?
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an exciting episode... For the first time in the five episode run of this show, our guest is someone that I have never met before! It's Carlos...
How Did Clare O'Kane Get Here?
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Clare O'Kane is one of the finest stand up comics to come out of the 2010's SF stand up scene. She's been featured in Viceland's show Flop House, and ...
How Did Stefan Aronsen Get Here?
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Aronsen is the creator of Balanced Breakfast, which is a group of musicians and music industry professionals that get together for breakfast to...
How Did Vickki Acuna Get Here?
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vickki Acuna has been working in music for years, putting on shows before she was old enough to drive, street teaming for Part Time Punks, running the...
How Did Mike Ziemer Get Here?
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Ziemer is the founder of Third String Productions, a popular concert promoter based in Texas. He spoke to us about his humble beginnings as a con...
How Did Clara Bodacious Get Here?
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, I ask burlesque dancer and mastermind behind the "Kind Of Blue Revue" about her path, taking us from her beginnings in burlesque...
Spinning Platters presents: How Did I Get Here? (Trailer)
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas