Eoghan Lyng

Dublin

Music and Film Journalist at Freelance

Freelance Contributor at Far Out Magazine

Hello. Writer, English teacher, full time lover of life. Has read Joyce´s ´Ulysses´ on eight wonderful occasions.

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Articles

R&B Artist Cold Specks Sings Across the Human Spectrum » PopMatters

2 weeks ago | popmatters.com | Eoghan Lyng

Canadian vocalist Cold Specks is returning to the spotlight after a seven-year hiatus, and Light for the Midnight showcases an artist thirsty for the spotlight. Compared to I Predict a Graceful Expulsion and Neuroplasticity, Cold Specks‘ newest release is mournful, suggesting that the climate has utterly changed the artist in the intervening years.
Snow White

3 weeks ago | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Luca Guadagnino |Charlie Shackleton |Monica Strømdahl

In this latest leap from cartoon to live action, Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot star as the embodiments of good and evil; one a jolly princess, the other a nefarious stepmother. Gadot’s Queen envies the younger woman’s beauty, so much so that she would slay her late husband’s child. Guided by a powerful mirror, the leader pursues the eponymous heroine into a forest, where Snow White encounters seven dwarves of questionable make-up.
The Darkness Re-Emerge With a Solid But Predictable Album » PopMatters

3 weeks ago | popmatters.com | Eoghan Lyng

Dreams on Toast Cooking Vinyl The Darkness are known for imbuing glam metal with homespun English kitsch, fuelled by Justin Hawkins’ piercing, polished falsettos and buzz-saw guitar riffs. A riff-driven band, the Darkness benefit from Rufus Tiger Taylor’s tom-tom heavy drums, and Frankie Poullain’s rubbery basslines.
God's Mouthpiece

3 weeks ago | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Luca Guadagnino |Bruce LaBruce |Ken Loach

This 115-minute drama starts with a five minute prayer, recited almost entirely in Latin. The camera focuses on Maria (Isabelle Huppert), a nun fervently glancing at the others in the congregation. Sister Edwina (Florence Pugh) is the young novice engaged in verse; her commitment to God is a tenet of her faith. This nunnery is set in Madrid during the 1930s, and a selection have decided to partake on the Camino de Santiago.
The Alto Knights

1 month ago | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Luca Guadagnino |Charlie Shackleton |Monica Strømdahl

With The Alto Knights , Robert De Niro is bringing twice the energy. No, he isn’t topping his menacing supporting role in Killers of The Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023), but playing two lead roles; mafia bosses at that. Beyond the gimmick of De Niro playing two Italian-American goons, Barry Levinson’s feature brings nothing new or substantial to a genre that ideally should have ended with The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019).
Memorabilia

1 month ago | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Bruce LaBruce |Ali Catterall |Jane Giles

In what opens like a scene from Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1942), a man in the face of death takes the time to ask what his life is all about. By peering through the Super 8 footage, he sees the aspects of his existence that challenged, shaped and surprised him, complete with naked bodies. Throughout the film, the character and the audience have to ask, where does memory end and mythology begin? And why is a memoir more potent than a dream?
Oren Ambarchi and Eric Thielemans Journey Into a Sonic Apocalypse » PopMatters

2 months ago | popmatters.com | Eoghan Lyng

Kind Regards AD 93 Guitarist Oren Ambarchi and drummer Eric Thielemans collaborated on the ghostly Double Consciousness before reforming for Kind Regards. Comprising two numbers, Kind Regards feels like a loving throwback to Mike Oldfield‘s crisp, crystalline Tubular Bells series, and although it doesn’t pack the same punch as Double Consciousness, lacking both the originality and brio of the original, this new album nevertheless is an impressive mélange of instrumentation and ambience.
David Lee Roth Explores Every Aspect of Himself on Excellent Compilation » PopMatters

2 months ago | popmatters.com | Eoghan Lyng

The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 Rhino Although the Van Halen brothers gifted the band their energy, heft, and name, singer David Lee Roth implemented the group with joviality, swagger, and soul. Anthemic ballads “Running With the Devil”, “And the Cradle Will Rock”, and “Jump” were an energizing cocktail of anarchic energy and playful, passionate stylings, making the vocalist equal parts John Lydon and Tom Jones.
The guitar icon Ian Anderson says almost joined Jethro Tull

2 months ago | faroutmagazine.co.uk | Eoghan Lyng

Mon 10 February 2025 16:27, UK Jethro Tull‘s position as one of the forebearers of prog rock has left them in a curious position of being either beloved or belittled by hard rock fans. The group’s leading man, Ian Anderson, is rightly considered a pioneer in his field but is still, for some inexplicable reason, chastised by a group of music fans who have decided for themselves that a flautist has no place ruling over a certain section of rock ‘n’ roll.
Franz Ferdinand Frustrate and Dazzle With 'The Human Fear'

2 months ago | popmatters.com | Eoghan Lyng

The Human Fear Domino Following a seven-year hiatus from the studio, Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are back with The Human Fear. The album’s disjointed nature fascinates me, not just because it features a smorgasbord of styles and textures but also because it sounds somewhat limp despite the dense, expansive production and clinical songcraft.