Bands like the Calling are a perfect example of what was wrong with "modern rock" radio in 2001. Utterly homogenous and virtually interchangable with any number of here today, gone tomorrow one-hit wonders that have emerged in the preceding few years, the L.A.-based quintet has the radio formula down to the letter: take a bunch of reasonably decent-looking 20somethings; force feed them a steady diet of Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, and Eve 6; exchange canned melodrama for passion and depth; then polish to a slick, glossy sheen and watch as the highly coveted teen dollars roll in. You can't really blame the Calling for wanting to cash in: they obviously invest every ounce of energy into songs like the pseudoanthemic "Unstoppable" and the requisite radio ballad, "Wherever You Will Go," but there is not one element here -- from the quiet/loud verse/chorus staple to frontman Alex Band's watered-down, Eddie Vedder-inspired sensitive guy wailings -- that has not been done before. And done much, much better.