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SEISMA MAGAZINE
INTERVIEW: A Deep Attention to Place. Jan 6, 2024.
EOS Magazine (AGU - American Geophysical Union)
Does Soil Sound Different After It’s Burned? May 3, 2024.
WHAT THE DUCK? (podcast)
Nature’s Vibrators. Nov 23, 2023.
MODERN DRUMMER
The D.I.Y. Guide to Drums by Lisa Schonberg. Nov 1, 2020.
THE CHICAGO READER
Secret Drum Band build their beats as an act of collective strength: The Portland ensemble’s latest record makes a wordless case for environmentalism and antifascism. Oct 12, 2020.
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING (OPB)
Talking To Ants With Secret Drum Band’s Lisa Schonberg. Aug 4, 2020.
BBC RADIO 3: SLOW RADIO
The Last Songs of Gaia. June 28, 2020.
HJ ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST NEWSLETTER
Sonic Textures. Fall 2018.
INTERFAITH MUSE
Sounding the Biomass: A Conversation with Lisa Schonberg. September 25, 2018. By Liz Harlan-Ferlo.
WEST HAWAII NEWS
Artist-Scientist Discusses Endangered Native Bees. February 2017.
PARIS REVIEW
Drumset = You. By John Colpitts. 19 May 2017.
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AMERICAN WAY MAGAZINE (American Airlines In-Flight Publication)
This musician is fighting to save Hawaii's endangered bees. August 2016.
BANDCAMP DAILY
How Saving The Bees Helped Inform Lisa Schonberg’s Secret Drum Band. August 17, 2017.
PORTLAND MERCURY
Secret Drum Band Is Inspired by the Rhythms of the Natural World. The Portland Percussion Ensemble Releases Its Debut LP, Dynamics. August 23, 2017.
WILLAMETTE WEEK
Secret Drum Band’s Debut Album Uses Percussion to Paint the Calm and Chaos of Nature. August 23, 2017.
BOTEQUIM DE IDEIAS (Brasil)
Secret Drum Band - Dynamics. July 3, 2017.
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Artist-scientist discusses endangered, native bees Tuesday. February 13, 2017.
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Explode into Colors: Art-rock Reunion. Nov. 9, 2016.
WILLAMETTE WEEK
Explode into Colors is Reuniting. July 26, 2016.
PORTLAND MERCURY
Lisa Schonberg, Ali Clarys, Desert of Hiatus. JANUARY 20, 2016.
PORTLAND MERCURY
Ground Control: From Mount Hood, Artists' Environmental Impact Statement. JULY 1, 2015.
OREGONIAN
Psst! Secret Drum Band plans rare live show December 18th at Mississippi Studios. DEC 11, 2014.
PORTLAND MERCURY
Muscle Memory: Drumming & Yoga with Lisa Schonberg. DEC 1, 2014.
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Multimedia Project Puts Focus on Hawaii's Native Bees. JULY 26, 2014.
HAWAII TRIBUNE HERALD
Project Creates a Buzz About Hawaii’s Bees. JULY 26, 2014.
THE OREGONIAN
A bug's life: North Portland musician uses science background to make bee-utiful music. JAN 10, 2014.
PORTLAND MERCURY
SEPT 18, 2014. BY JOSHUA JAMES AMBERSON. Anything Lisa Schonberg touches is gold. More than just a great drummer, she uses drums as compositional tools that have made bands like Explode into Colors and Kickball great. Always in demand, she’s drummed for Mirah, Tune-yards, Tara Jane O’Neil, the Need, and Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, just to name a few. But it’s the rare Secret Drum Band performance that brings her into the spotlight. Composing with the space in mind, Schonberg brings together a surprise star-studded cast of five drummers and two noise/tone/sound makers to create an experience unlike any other. Plus: Futuristic costumes by Heather Treadway and live drawing by local artist Leif J. Lee. Tonight’s also the record-release show for local synth-wavers DoublePlusGood’s winning new full-length, a collection of wistfully romantic pop perfectly suited for dancing—either on the dance floor, or alone in front of the mirror.
STAY WILD MAGAZINE
print article and video on The Hylaeus Project. 2014.
TOM TOM MAGAZINE
Drummer Destination video. June 5, 2013.
NEW YORK TIMES
Playlist: Talent Beloved and Hairdos Admired. NOV 25, 2009: Explode into Colors
THE WILLAMETTE WEEK
Explode into Colors voted Best New Band. May 6, 2009.
Mentions
NEW YORK TIMES
Inside the Wild and Wonderful World of Mushrooms. OCT 19, 2023. by Cat Zhang.
VILLAGE VOICE
Female Drummers Take Over the Brooklyn Museum. March 6, 2016.
TOM TOM MAGAZINE
Secret Drum Band featured in Issue #9, page 6. 2012.
NEW YORK TIMES
Rocking it and Roughing it at a Festival in Mexico. MAR 23, 2010: Explode into Colors.