HARD Summer 2026

Featured image by Jordan Sabillo Summer has slipped into a blur of spending days in an office and coming home to an apartment that’s trapped the heat inside. It’s been a summer of bracing for senior year, and aside from the imminent doom of entering the job market, I’ve been reflecting on the sweetness of…

An Interview with Greg Mendez

Photo by Stephen Yang Greg Mendez is a singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, who has been making music for over 20 years. In 2023, he signed with indie label Dead Oceans to release his debut self-titled EP, garnering him widespread attention. Just this past May, he released his album Beauty Land, an incredibly well-written 14-track project, and…

An Interview with Web Designer Alex Lucke

All media provided by Alex Lucke Alex Lucke, @alexlucke (pronounced Lucky), is a freelance web designer and developer, as well as the founder and creative director of AM LUCKE, a boutique digital studio that brings clients’ and brands’ personalities to life. Specializing in creating Squarespace sites that look like they’re not Squarespace sites, Lucke is…

UCLA Radio Selects: HARD Summer 2026

Since its inception in 2007, HARD Summer transforms Hollywood Park into Southern California’s largest dance floor. Each August, the festival has built a reputation on curating a lineup that spotlights EDM all-stars, underground techno DJs, and boundary-pushing pop stars in the same night. Over the weekend, more than 70 artists are set to take over…