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It's Friday and we have a new single from @WILDESMUSIC 'True Love' Listen to it here! AWAL.lnk.to/WILDESTrueLove

If you're hyping yourself silly about your music career this year then get the knowledge. The Slacker Guide to the Music Industry book covers as much ground as you'll need. It's on sale on my site for £9.99 for E Book and £14.99 for physical copy philtaggartslacker.com

This is an incredible piece of head space music. It's frying my head it's so beautiful @vegynvegyn youtu.be/pWZlQHtAEKY

I need one band in my life right now and that's a gastric one

Happy Christmas to all of you! May your chins be stained with gravy and your hearts full of love 😍

We're playing Sandinos back bar on December 21st. Come down and let us wish you a Happy Christmas. Tickets £5 on the door.

Next week I'll be back in Ireland with two live Xmas Slacker Podcasts 🎄 Mon 16th Dec at @sugarclubdublin in Dublin with @TheCoronas Tues 17th Dec at @LimelightNI in Belfast with @ryanmcmusic You can grab tix here ticketmaster.co.uk/slacker-podcas…

@mikeflatcap @DaveDuracell So boring

Ok AJ streams someone hit me up pls

@WILDESMUSIC @racholeary_ @katcunningmusic Yeah. Great original writing there 👍

@racholeary_ @katcunningmusic Unfortunately one of those kat cunning songs is a complete rip off of Bare. She never replied when I enquired about it...

1 more day to register your IMPORTANT and VALUABLE vote for the UK election. So many people have said they aren’t bothering to vote this year but PLEASE take time to read up on party policies. It’s in your hands. gov.uk/register-to-vo… illustration by Rebecca Strickson.

Tickets go on sale today for my first ever Dublin Slacker Podcast with @TheCoronas - Live interview, some early demos, prizes and *trapeze artists. 16th Dec @sugarclubdublin Tix👉 ticketmaster.ie/slacker-podcas… *probably no trapeze artists

The first live Slacker podcast in Belfast is landing at The Limelight on Dec 17th with @ryanmcmusic I'm really hyped about this one. If you want tix grab em here 👉 ticketmaster.ie/phil-taggarts-…

Tonight @rigsy presents Across the Line for the final time. It's been an incredible 19 years. We love you and will miss you. We can't promise there won't be tears but tune in for two hours for absolute bangers ❤️ bbc.in/2oKu9ts

tonight is my last @acrosstheline after almost 19 years - 8pm, @bbcradioulster. plan is to keep the fuss to a minimum and just play absolute bangers. what's your favourite NI track or band since january 2002? i MIGHT play it - but will defo give you a shout out :-)

We play @WorkmansDublin tonight for Ireland Music Week at 11 x

"Riffs that would cut you for a fiver" @toutsband on Day 3 @EPfestival 2019 @Pat_Carty finally locates the review that fell out of his pocket in the VIP bar Pic @Andre_Shoots @matthew_1957 @PrinceOfLeafair @BBCR1 @DannyMcElhinney #ElectricPicnic #EP2019 hotpress.com/music/electric…

Another bloke got fired because he was stealing money from the til and getting it up to the staff room by hiding it in a ‘keeping up appearances’ box set

the wonderful @WILDESMUSIC has covered Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright by my all-time fave @bobdylan and the results are stunning. It’s out now on @HometownRecs. Mixed by the brilliant @eduardodelapaz_, mastered by me. Check it here, this is special 🎶 open.spotify.com/track/5ggbvhPw…

Whenever I’m struggling to write or feel like I’ve lost my place, I always return to @bobdylan. A songwriting legend who can tell a story about anything, no matter how mundane or important, with just the right emotion and humour. What a contribution to the world ☀️