Victoria Wasylak Interview
Victoria Wasylak is a Boston-based music journalist and editor. She’s the Boston music editor of Vanyaland and a former writer for the podcast company Double Elvis.
How did you get to where you are today, professionally?
I’ve dedicated the past decade of my life almost entirely to music journalism. I was fortunate enough to have my “a-ha” moment about my career path when I was 16, when I abandoned my dream of studying sharks as a marine biologist for the chance to document music history as a reporter.
At Boston University, I wrote for—and later became music editor of—The Buzz, BU’s only print culture publication. I also co-hosted a radio show on WTBU for almost every semester I was in college. I surrounded myself with similar folks: The kids with dyed hair and denim jackets glistening with handmade pins, who were descending into Allston basements every other night for DIY shows. I covered everything from vinyl subscription services to ska in Boston and our local Converse Rubber Tracks studio, interviewed some peak-2010s artists (Neon Trees, BØRNS, Fitz and the Tantrums, to name a few) and frequently invited area artists into the WTBU studio for interviews and live sets. I kept my Beats on me at all times and I kept busy.