CULTURE WAR AT JOSSIP HQ While we thought Bell X1 was lowest common denominator indy crap, our gay little brother over at Queerty loved it, and made it his morning aural. Queerty's editor lives in Park Slope and occasionally writes for the Huffington Post. We have bangs and are wearing stripes. Also, we told Andrew about VSL in the first place. Whose taste do you trust?

Looking, staying hip takes more than just living Brooklyn. You’ve got to seek out hip and judge what others deem as hip.

That’s why we subscribe to Very Short List, a daily email that informs us about cultural stuff they think is great. Sometimes they're right and other times we judge them for being wrong.

Today VSL recommended the Irish band Bell X1, claiming their album, which will be released in the U.S. on February 19, is “simply one of the best records we’ve heard in a long time.”

We checked out Bell X1, and we say don’t believe the VSL hype. This band will be on the next edition of the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack.