Concrete Blonde is a rock band known for its gritty sound and strong emotions. Fronted by Johnette Napolitano, it made a big impact with its unique style in the late ’80s and ’90s. Their career ...

Hard-rockin’, goth-tinged Concrete Blonde are reforming for the 20th anniversary of their album Bloodletting, which spawned the band’s only Top 40 hit, “Joey.” The reunited band, who haven’t played ...

It was a recording that Jeremy Pinnell did not want to package, but in the end it went from his phone to Rolling Stone. When COVID-19 sidelined Pinnell and his road band and left him stuck at home, he ...

Better than: listening to Bloodletting on CD, sad to say. The recent trend of bands performing shows and planning them around an entire album has become quite the rage these days. It's gotten almost ...

When Concrete Blonde called their 1990 album “Bloodletting,” it was a title that carried no small amount of symbolism. That album marked the end of a long period of struggle that included several ...

Concrete Blonde’s current tour is billed as the 20-year anniversary of their signature release Bloodletting, but the show at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club on June 15 expanded the aperture beyond that one ...

Mixing nostalgia with immediacy, the original members of L.A. favorite Concrete Blonde reunited Sunday at Spaceland during a benefit concert for the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund.