Kevin Bronson on June 10th, 2009

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Children Collide are already a pretty big deal in their native Australia, where they are signed to Universal and in 2008 released their well-regarded debut “The Long Now.” But as many bands from that hemisphere have found, that’ll barely get you a g’day in Los Angeles. With singles like “Social Currency” (check out the video), the Melbourne-based trio mines a lot of ’90s influences to good effect, with a punk-grunge aesthetic that seems all dressed up for stadiums and songs that fans of straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll will move to. Live: Children Collide, along with Bloodcat Love and the Valley Arena, play Spaceland on Thursday.

||| Download: “Chosen Armies”

Here’s a nice addition to your party anthem library – Miami duo Awesome New Republic. Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson mix gnarly electro and pop with a synthy sheen on their debut EP, “Rational Geographic Vol. 1,” which they are making available for free download. Live: ANR plays Cinespace on Tuesday and Club Moscow at Boardner’s on Wednesday.

||| Download: “Rational Geographic Vol. 1.”

Photos: Children Collide by Cybelle; ANR by Peter Richardson