February 10, 2007

Teen California-based female trio LAX's call for fame is a promising bid to return unadulterated pop to homogenous top 40 radio. Executive producer Vincent Herbert brought Dream and JoJo to the mainstream—and thanks to major label promo—more than two dozen stations are already on board here. Launch single "Forget You" sounds strikingly similar to JoJo, with its urban-lite production and super-duper singalong hook: What's not to love? As hip-hop's redundant relevancy continues to fray and the day's chart-topping superstars release the same-sounding song over and over, LAX sounds like an entry point to the first fresh sound of 2007. Any station that hops aboard the LAX train is doing listeners the ultimate favor.—Chuck Taylor

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