Dom Alessio is an

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radio personality, music journalist and blogger. He is best known as the host of the Australian music show on

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radio, ''

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Early career

Alessio started as a freelance music journalist in 2005, writing for Hotpress Magazine. He co-founded the Australian music blog '' Who The Bloody Hell Are They?'' in 2006, which was one of the first Australian music blogs. In 2007, he became the Arts and Assistant Editor for

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magazine '' The Brag''. He also wrote for publications such as ''

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'', '' Mess and Noise'', ''

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'', '' Faster Louder'' and '' Groupie Magazine''. In 2008, Alessio started at

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as one of the hosts of "The Bridge", which is the station's show dedicated to Sydney music.

Triple J

In 2009 Alessio began hosting the Australian music show on

, ''

''. He hosted the show on Monday and Wednesday nights, while Steph Hughes hosted the show on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The show has been recognised by the Australian media as influential in discovering new Australian artists. Previous hosts of the show include

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, Caroline Tran and

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, the latter hosting the show when it was called ''The Australian Music Show''. Following Hughes' departure at the end of 2010, Alessio became the sole host of Home & Hosed. That same year he was listed as one of the Australian music industry's most influential people under 30.

Other appearances

Alessio has appeared as a guest on

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, and triple j Unearthed digital radio.

References

External links

Alessio's Triple J presenter pageAlessio's Twitter pageAlessio's Instagram page
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