Mondo Sonoro
Mondo Sonoro, sometimes shortened to la Mondo, is a Spanish magazine established in 1994 which focuses on current alternative, popular and indie music, as well as national emerging bands. Co-founded by Sergio Marqués and Jose Macarro in Barcelona, Dani López joined them in 1995 and they are still in charge of the magazine. By 2019, Mondo Sonoro had a circulation of 125.000 monthly copies and over two million visits to its website every year.
| Categories | Music magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 125.000 |
| Founder | Sergio Marqués Jose Macarro |
| Founded | 1994 |
| First issue | October 1994 |
| Country | Spain |
| Based in | Barcelona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | mondosonoro |
Mondo Sonoro is distributed every month in clothes shops, discos, pubs and music venues for free, in eight regional divisions of Spain (Madrid, Catalonia-Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Basque Country, Asturias-Cantabria, Galicia-Castile and León, Aragón, and Andalusia-Murcia-Extremadura), having a local edition for each area.
The magazine organises the yearly events Fiesta Demoscópica and Plaza Sonora, both serving as springboards for emerging bands.