Spiral 1993–1996

Spiral was founded by Luis Calvo, Sergio Aguilar, and Joako Ezpeleta, who wrote in the inaugural issue of their desire to cover music and opinions they found lacking in mainstream media. Across 32 large-format issues of increasing length, Spiral documents music from a wide range of genres and places, including coverage of performers who are now widely known (Hole, Oasis, Björk) and others less frequently encountered (London-based pop-punk duo Shampoo, Basque indie rockers Le Mans, Philadelphian hip hop trio The Goats). In addition to feature articles and interviews, each issue includes diverse LP, single, and fanzines reviews as well as a Breves column with short updates on bands and performances internationally, but especially across Spain. Spiral also covers independent record labels (Elefant, Sarah, A Turntable Friend) and filmmakers (Hal Hartley, Icíar Bollaín), thus showing a commitment to mapping a mid-1990s indie culture landscape.