INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

WRITTEN IN THE STARS

Take the numerals of the name Moonstar88 and you get the mathematical symbol for double infinity. But though immortality is something that they’re still trying to work on, the members of one of today’s most promising local indiepop bands have already achieved a lot of things both individually and as a group, thanks to cosmic things like fate and destiny.

MEN OF STEEL

They’ve practically forged the world’s heavy metal scene for more than two decades now, but Metallica show no signs of stopping with the release of their album St. Anger. But is this the beginning of the end of their much vaunted edge and steel?

THE QUIET FILIPINO

An old song of his called “Kanlungan” has just been made immensely famous by a TV ad, but Noel Cabangon remains the humble yet gifted musician with a sensitive soul.

ON THE SPOT

There’s a lot of noise going on in New Zealand these days and it’s called Blindspott. Joey Dizon investigates the phenomenon.

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