Yeah, Hawk Nelson fans who saw them on the Rock & Worship Roadshow tour, already heard the title track of their upcoming release, "Live Life Loud". They played the song as part of their show on the tour, and it's also the title of their upcoming album #4, set to release September 2009. That's gonna be a good month with new stuff slated to come out from both Hawk and BarlowGirl!  Oh, and you know who's co-writing some of the new Hawk songs?  TobyMac, Trevor McNevan from TFK and FM Static, and Bart Millard from MercyMe.  Sounds awesome!

Yeah, what's up with BarlowGirl? I hadn't heard anything new recently, so I went on a search. Turns out, they're working on album #5, due out this fall! And in the meantime, they're taking your questions. They have a cool new thing on their website, where you can type in any question you want to ask Becca, Alyssa and Lauren. Then every week, they'll be posting a video, answering questions they've received. And they look so cute in the intro video! I love Lauren's hair. :)

This guy here, Phillip LaRue, wants you to have a free song!  His latest single "Chasing the Daylight" is on the Air 1 Hits list, and you can download it free, since it was an iTunes Discovery Download this week.  Don't you love free stuff?  Yeah! 

I'm not sure what's the deal with the skull on the toilet that appears on this video blog, but the new song "Bent" that the guys in Above the Golden State are working on sounds GREAT! Can't wait to hear all the new stuff they're putting together for album #2! If you haven't heard their latest single "I'll love you so", we're playing it on Air 1!

FM Static made iTunes' list of "rockers on the rise".  Their latest single "Take Me As I Am" has been the #1 Air 1 Hit for the last two weeks.  Plus, their latest album, "Dear Diary" made it to the Top 5 Rock Chart and Top 30 overall album chart on iTunes, and they made the Billboard 200 (which is a pretty big deal for artists ... remember that Tom Hanks movie "That Thing You Do"?  Yeah, artists get excited when their songs hit the "lists"!)  

So FM Static are officially "Rockers on the rise".  Who else do you think deserves to be on the "Rockers on the Rise" list?