Alice Bag “Sister Dynamite” 2020. In The Red Records. New punk from an OG, Sister Dynamite is Alice Bag’s third solo record. 40+ years after fronting the legendary 1st generation west coast punk band The Bags (1977-81), she’s still rocking hard with power vocals – she also plays keyboards on the record as well as the glockenspiel (!!), marking a serious evolution in punk sound. One of my top tracks is the power pop/pop punk (with a bit of Alice growl) lead single from the record: “Breadcrumbs.” According to the Bandcamp notes, the song is “Laced with dreamy glockenspiel tones and brilliantly bratty backup vocals from riot grrrl frontliner Allison Wolfe. The video for lead single “Breadcrumbs” depicts a Hansel and Gretel flavored cautionary tale about not treating your partner like a witch. It features Bob Baker Marionette Theater as well as a colorful cast of familiar faces including Allison Wolfe, Nina Diaz, Seth Bogart as well as members of The Linda Lindas, Death Valley Girls and Fresno grrrl gang Fatty Cakes & the Puff Pastries. “‘Breadcrumbs’ is actually inspired by working with Allison,” notes Bag, who previously played alongside Wolfe and Seth Bogart in a band called Cliquey Bitches. “She’s got tons of attitude, and the intonation on that song is totally me imagining Allison singing it.” My other favorites on Sister Dynamite are “Sender is Blocked” which has a killer hook and “Súbele” sung entirely in Spanish, its chorus translates to “Turn it up, turn it up! Enough of complaining and grumbling.”