M-Phazes (Obese) ★★★

Micaiah (MGM Green/A New Entity) ★★★

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■ACCORDING to her MySpace page, Melbourne singer-songwriter Renee Cassar has accumulated 7.4 million listens to her music. Her latest single for Universal, It's Not You (3/5) ticks plenty of boxes for commercial radio: breathy vocals, sexual innuendo and peppy, rock-oriented instrumentation. Watch this space.

The Cinematic Orchestra challenge fans to tune in to a different beat, says Andrew Drever.