Dom Alessio is an
Australian radio personality, music journalist and blogger. He is best known as the host of the Australian music show on
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...
radio, ''
Home & Hosed''
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
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...
street press magazine ''
The Brag
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''. He also wrote for publications such as ''
The Sun-Herald'', ''
Mess and Noise'', ''
Cyclic Defrost
''Cyclic Defrost'' is an Australian specialist electronic music magazine. It was founded and edited by Sebastian Chan, with current editors Bob Baker Fish, Chris Downton and Peter Hollo. It covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experim ...
'', ''
Faster Louder'' and ''
Groupie Magazine''.
In 2008, Alessio started at
FBi Radio in
Sydney
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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
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...
, ''
Home & Hosed''. He hosted the show on Monday and Wednesday nights, while
Steph Hughes Steph is often a short form of the feminine given name Stephanie and its other variants, or the masculine given name Stephen.
Women
* Steph Catley (born 1994), Australian footballer
* Steph Cook (born 1972), Scottish retired pentathlete and 2000 Ol ...
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
Robbie Buck,
Caroline Tran and
Richard Kingsmill, 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
BBC Radio 6 Music,
702 ABC Sydney,
East Village Radio,
Kiwi FM,
Beats 1
Apple Music 1, previously branded as Beats 1, is a 24/7 music radio station owned and operated by Apple Inc. It is accessible through iTunes or the Apple Music app on a computer, smartphone or tablet, smart speaker (such as the Apple HomePod) ...
,
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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Triple J announcers
Living people
Australian music critics
Australian music journalists
1983 births