Witches With Dicks - Manual

If masculinity and machismo are what you're looking for, then look no further than Witches with Dicks. The Boston-based outfit's newest offering, Manual, is an all-out blitz of power chords and power moves. Once you light the fuse on the first track, "How to Cook for 40 Humans," you'll be on fire until the fade-out -- it's that good. The Witches draw heavily from their Beantown punk brethren like the Dropkick Murphys on this one. But they also prove they've got the skills to pay their own bills. "Your Job Does Not Rock Balls" is driven by a wicked backbeat that will make you feel like you're being shot out of cannon -- not to mention like throwing your computer out of your work station at your boss. And "How To Cook 40 Humans" is a classic, Sex Pistols-style rant against high-society. If you listen too hard to some of the lyrics, they might get you down a little bit. Fortunately, most of what is screamed is so unintelligible you won't be able to understand what they're saying anyway. So put up your rock fist, throw on your Doc Marten's, and pound a cold one. Punk is back and damn! it feels good. [www.witcheswithdicks.com]