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Amplifier turn it up with "Echo Street"

Progressive rockers Amplifier are set to release a new album and will be playing a Glasgow gig to promote thelaunch. “Echo Street” is the fourth album release from the Manchester four-piece outfit and will be on the Kscope label.Read

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The Blackout look to start the party at King Tut's

The Blackout are currently touring to promote their new album "Start the Party" and will play two gigs at King Tut's on Sunday.Read

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Folk live and alive in Dumfries!

THE Bawbee Folk Club has proved to be a great success with local folk and blues enthusiasts, performers and the general public alike since its re-opening on December last year after some 20 years.Read

Lyndsay named winner of Home Scotland gardening competition for Dumfries area

A GREEN-fingered woman from Dumfries has landed a top horticultural award.Read

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Star Trek Into Darkness

Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

It seems a long time since director J J Abrams set the brand new crew of the Starship Enterprise up for a series of rebooted adventures but, in reality, only four years have passed since his critical and commercial hit Star Trek.Read

Dead Man Down

Movie Review: Dead Man Down

Dead Man Down is original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev’s first foray into English-language feature films.Read

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