As one person(and one person only) responded to my call for comments in last weeks MP3-centric post, I figured I'd keep it going for at least another week. 

 As usual, this week's selections come from artists who's talents will be on display here in Chongqing sometime in the near future, beginning with a band that will be performing tonight(5/19) at Nuts Club.  Hailing from Beijing, but originally from Hebei, Rustic, have been making waves in the Chinese music scene for the past couple of years, most notably winning the 2009 Global Battle of the Bands.  Having since signed with pioneering Chinese indie record label Maybe Mars, Rustic are amidst their first full-scale tour of China promoting their first album 'City of Heartbreak'N Horror.'  Though having been described as "all flash, and no smash," the band continues to pick up steam, and as head of Maybe Mars' creative team Nevin Domer says, they "fill a spot that is lacking in the Chinese scene. That is a place for highly charismatic performers [and] rock stars.”
Below is the track "Rock & Roll for Money and Sex," a fitting title for a band who if not in sound, than certainly look, have been heavily inspired by the 80's Los Angeles glam-metal scene.

Our second selection comes courtesy of dJP aka Ya Boy, who will be DJing a 'power-hour'(60 songs, 1 hour) set at "Hot as Balls: a Summer Party," this Friday night at Chongqing's newest dive bar Da Rasta, in Shapingba.  Below is a sample, or 'teaser' of what you might expect to hear  from Ya Boy at the aptly named Hot as Balls, which kicks off at 21:00.  20 RMB gets you in the door and includes a beer.