Alec Erickson
CSU Collegian
Fort Collins, CO, United States
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Alec Reviews Music: Farewell column
Alec Reviews Music grew larger than I could have ever expected and in a lot of ways surpassing everyone’s expectations. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Glassjaw returns with classic sound on ‘Material Control’
Finally, after 15 years “Material Control” is a record fans will have no trouble picking right back up. → Read More
Saints Of Never After brings hardcore to everyone
Saints Of Never After are always willing to engage with their audience at a show no matter what, this is a band that started out playing their first show at The Whiskey in Fort Collins, to getting to perform on main stages at The Aggie Theatre or The Summit Music Hall. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Taylor Swift attempts to redefine her image with ‘Reputation’
In fact, this is a record that is better served as a whole rather than in pieces and parts, as Swift attempts to tell everyone just how much she has changed throughout the years and fame. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: We Came As Romans expand sound with ‘Cold Like War’
“Cold Like War” is a continuation of their growth to this point. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Anti-Flag challenges American values in new record
Anti-Flag are now on their tenth-studio album “American Fall” and they aim to do the same thing they always have, make you think when listening. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Hollywood Undead is inconsistent with ‘Five’
Hollywood Undead are still making some changes with their fifth-studio album “Five” and it works mostly. → Read More
Blue Lane Frontier embraces DIY mentality
Blue Lane Frontier have been working on a way to a way to embrace new styles of music and work on branching out. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Pandas & People dive into storytelling with ‘Out to Sea’
Pandas & People have found a way to make it not only enjoyable but compelling all in the same time with their latest release “Out to Sea.” → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: The Front Bottoms show maturity with ‘Going Grey’
“Going Grey” starts to reflect on life from an older and more mature perspective. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Beck attempts to redefine pop with ‘Colors’
“Colors” is Beck’s attempt to completely shake things up with modern pop music in a way that is going to be looked at for quite some time. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Dirty Heads tread uncharted waters with ‘Swim Team’
“Swim Team” is no exception with how much of a genre bending act they are since it skirts around but never fully commits to one or the other. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: New Politics is anything but lost with ‘Lost in Translation’
Pushing boundaries with their genre are what New Politics are best at and “Lost in Translation” is the culmination of that. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Demi Lovato burns out with ‘Tell Me You Love Me’
Demi Lovato is just confused with her music as a millennial with a payphone and it shows with her latest release. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Echosmith strays from cool kid status with ‘Inside a Dream’
Echomsith must prove they are more than one hit wonders and can make something meaningful to themselves. That is exactly what their latest extended play, “Inside a Dream” aims to do. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Counterparts unapologetically makes album for themselves
Counterparts are out to prove that they are still as hardcore if not more so with their now fifth studio album “You’re Not You Anymore.” → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: Circa Survive scales back with ‘The Amulet’
Circa Survive have just released one of their most artistic ventures yet, and at the same time it is also one of their most elusive. → Read More
Alec Reviews Music: The Killers are back and it’s wonderful
“Wonderful Wonderful” is not a record made for you, the listener. This is a record that was made by and for The Killers and in large part for Brandon Flowers himself and it shows. → Read More