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Discovery Label: XL Recordings Rating: 3/5 Stars By David Johnson-Igra The overuse of auto-tune in popular music has led rap's mogul Jay-Z to say "Enough"—but that hasn't fazed these Brooklyn hipsters. Discovery, the new indie pop duo comprised of Rostam Batmanglij (producer Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (vocalist of Ra Ra Riot) have created an album so overdone in auto-tune that Kanye West will probably ask for credit. Maybe I'm inferring too much, but it seems that Batmanglij is strategically using proven methods for pop success. His production with Vampire Weekend was compared to Paul Simon's Graceland, considered [...]