Gothic country rock supergroup Badlanders are Van Walker (songs, guitar and voice) Nick O'mara (Raised by Eagles, lead guitar, lap steal),  mick Stylianou (Saint Jude/Double Agents, Bass), Camilla Hodgkins (Keys) and Dave Rose (Drums/Accordion)    -  A heady mix of murder ballads and joyous rock music for dark times.

Fountain Lakes are Jac Tonks and Emma Heeney. With playful songwriting and lush harmonies, the pair create the romance and foreboding of girl groups of the 1960s, their songs are both sweet and dark cautionary tales.

In 2025, Fountain Lakes celebrated the release of their first single ‘Dreams’ to a sold out bandroom at Northcote’s iconic Wesley Anne, the accompanying music video premiered on ABC TV’s RAGE, and the single enjoyed lots of radio play on PBSFM and 3RRR. They also played their first international support, opening for Irish band DUG on the Melbourne leg of their Australian tour.

In late 2025, Fountain Lakes spent time in country Victoria in an old converted church, writing their latest offering, EP Junkyard of Lost Hearts. Junkyard of Lost Hearts is due out in August before the pair head to Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland for a music residency at the Fish Factory Creative Centre to write their debut album.

“Just when you think that all of the great chorus one-liners are taken, Fountain Lakes find a corker with, ‘I don’t even cheat in dreams’.  It is not wasted on them with their transcendent harmonies and deft song structure. They are gorgeously clever in every way!” Angie Hart (Frente)

“Harmonies like honey, gentle strumming of angels, utterly mesmeric!” ****½ Kath Deveney, ABC Radio