DON'T AND TRIPLET, THEE HEADLINERS, DUSTY SANTAMARIA,
THE WAYWARD GIRLS, DJ HIWAY 7  (Kenton Club, 2025 N. Kilpatrick)

"What do you do when you're a pair of old school Portland rockers suffering from a vicious breakup...  from each other?  You could wallow, move away, or you could start a band together.  That's what Jeremy Terry(AKA"JT Halmfilst") and Holly Morgan(AKA"Hotbox") of Thee Headliners did seven years ago, and their musical collaboration has risen from the ashes of their former relationship.  In an ever-popular male-female duo, Holly lays out the drumbeats and JT plays guitars, in a caustic mix of the various genres they love; this includes rockabilly, punk, surf and Americana.  Their second full-length, Rain & Blood, out this year on Starcleaner Records, was heralded as a truly strange and glorious hodgepodge of sounds.  If only more heart-wrenching breakups led to such musical glory." - Maranda Bish

i think this is from the august or september issue 2009....

"This record has more twists and turns than a dang rat maze. Holy smokes, so check this out - first song on the record kicks off with a dark-country song called "Howlin' at the Moon." It's OK, kind of generic musically and cliche lyrically. Thinking this isn't going to be that good, right? Wrong. ... Read MoreSecond song kicks in and it's a fast and dirty rock 'n' roll song. Totally catchy. Third song has that "traveling country song" thing to it, but with a bite. Fourth song has a '50s greaser rock 'n' roll vibe. And it goes on like that, throughout the whole album. THEE HEADLINERS play like a band trying to cover a mix tape someone gave them in the late '60s (if tapes were around back then). Rain & Blood is good and if you're into country-influenced DIY rock (can't really call it punk, but that's OK) you should pick it up. (FS)"

this is from a dude that works out of a radio station in california...
http://joelshitshow.com/2009/09/13/thee-headliners-rain-blood/

"Thee Headliners “Rain & Blood”

This would have sounded a lot better if it were still hot out. This does that Alannah Myles old-school rhythm and blues thing on tracks like “Howlin’ at the Moon.” The album does more than that though. “Sketch City” has a fun atmosphere with it, unlike that stupid restaurant on the moon. It does have great food, you know. “Double Dutch” is a classic rock ‘n’ roll number.
There’s an intermission, which I like. I hope they play this live in the middle of their sets too.
“Sourpuss” makes good use of keyboards and backing vocals. If you like extravagant late ’70s rock music, this track will do it for you. If Queen had made a song for the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, it would sound like this.
“Whatchagonnado..?” will make alt country fans smile. This definitely has a mid-90s feel.
All in all, it’s a bunch of songs in random order for 40-year-olds, whose musical tastes have diversified over the years. So it’s one of those Kellogg’s Cereal Variety Packs."

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some critique action from our pals at GAYCONDO...

http://gaycondo.com/2009/09/02/jon-rain-and-blood-by-thee-headliners/

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it's the first ever annual FFARCE (FunFest at RockCentrE)!!!
this place is on NE 15th between Shaver and Failing Streets...
August 15th, 2009
s-s-s-s-Saturday!

real live fun!

1:00  Gates
1:45  The Humans
2:45  1908 (not the douchey Wisconsin band on myspace - they're a Portland band)
4:00  The Hand That Bleeds
5:15  Party Killer
6:30  Dan Groth's (incredibly hilarious) Bad Poetry
7:00  Pure Country Gold
8:15  Thee Headliners
9:30  Power Of County

Throughout:  Tyler Corbett's Masterpiece "Feeder Gainer"

Dusk:  "Black Gunn" and other 16mm treasures projected by Doug Loftswold

check it out here...
http://mp34u.muzic.com/posting/6573