Pharrell Williams

The Worst of Coachella: Weekend Two

Here's everything that bothered us about Coachella's second weekend. Hey, at least there was no dust storm! Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined ... More >>

No, Seriously, Is Daft Punk Playing Coachella?

This is, so far, the burning question of this Coachella, being asked everywhere from the campsites to the press tent. Even though the French dance-punk duo officially squashed the rumors, not many people seem to be buying it. At least, not since last night. Just before Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the ... More >>

Chadrick Honore is The Youngest Player in the Legendary Rebirth Brass Band: Get Familiar

At 25 years old, Chadrick Honore has lived the life of a man at least twice his age. The New Orleans native and esteemed trumpet player for Rebirth Brass Band has traveled the world, won a Grammy, and contributed to the critically acclaimed HBO series Treme. But the devoted father & true music fan i ... More >>

The Power of Dallas: Erykah Badu Gives Tyler a Bump and Bill's Old Friend Makes the White House

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Tyler, The Creator features several artists on his new album, and according to CD Source owne ... More >>

Snoop Dogg's St. Patrick's Day Concert: Review and Photos

Snoop Dogg delivered an hour-plus of his finest yesterday on Greenville Avenue for the Observer St. Patrick's Day Concert. We had a fine contingent of writers there, but I, your highly addled editor, was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-35 on the Megabus headed back from Austin. Throughout t ... More >>

Five Essential New Tracks For the Weekend: Joseph SoMo, Sebastian Ingrosso and More

As we ease into the weekend, here are a few new tracks you might want to check out. Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso ft. Ryan Tedder, "Calling (Lose My Mind)" Recently named "an essential new tune" on Pete Tong's radio program across the pond, Sebastian Ingrosso and his protégé Alesso recently teamed ... More >>

School of Seven Bells Does Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Kiss Them For Me"

Strangely enough, we have our second Siouxsie and the Banshees cover in this edition of Covering Tracks, turned in by the New York-by-way-of-Dallas duo School of Seven Bells. Benjamin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza recently headlined Modern 'Til Midnight at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, a homeco ... More >>

Michael Rapaport Talks A Tribe Called Quest and His New Documentary on the Group

​On July 8, actor Michael Rapaport's directorial debut, a documentary called Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, will earn its release theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. Later that month, on July 28, the film will begin a run locally at Dallas-area Angelika Theat ... More >>

Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?

OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...​According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>

Last Night: Gorillaz and N.E.R.D at the Verizon Theatre

Gorillaz, N.E.R.DVerizon Theatre, Grand PrairieOctober 20, 2010Better than: an evening spent watching the Cartoon Network.Roger CaldwellDamon Albarn, triumphant at last night's Verizon Theatre show. For a full slideshow from last night, click here.​Shame on anyone who expected a cartoon-ish displa ... More >>

Q&A: N*E*R*D's Pharrell Williams Talks Social Commentary, T.I.'s Recent Arrest and Producing The Game's New Disc.

It may not seem like it, but N*E*R*D has been around for almost 10 years now, playing their genre-defying style of urban crossover rock. Featuring Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley, the band brings its experiences from the mega-successful Neptunes and puts it into a unique rock experience ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Sufjan Stevens at McFarlin Auditorium, Gorillaz at the Verizon Theatre, The Script at the House of Blues and The Summer Set at the Prophet Bar

Sufjan Stevens​Quite the packed hump day evening we have tonight. Lots of cool choices...

ACl Day Two: Zilker Park Is Heating Up...

Patrick MichelsLots of tough choices to make today--like Bear in Heaven (above) or Pete Yorn early on.​ A busy afternoon session in Austin had heads spinning on Saturday afternoon--and that much is still the case, as The XX finishes up its set against the Temper Trap, leading into a three-way deat ... More >>

Common

Universal Mind Control(Geffen)

Last Night: Common And N.E.R.D. At House Of Blues

Sane in the Membrane

Despite drinking enough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated

N.E.R.D.

Seeing Sounds (Star Trak/Interscope)

Pharrell Williams Returns With His Old Friends in N.E.R.D.

T.I.

Saturday, January 13, at the Majestic Theater

Reform School

The College Dropout rethinks his stance on education in the year 2010

Getting Retarded

Why two of the catchiest acts in America should die slow, painful deaths

John Cale

Tuesday, November 1, at Granada Theater

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

Parental Guidance

Rating the year's hits with Mom and Dad

Odds & Ends

Deep Friday, Edgefest and a jumpin' giveaway

Please Kill Me

The sounds, the sweat, the stink, of SXSW 2004

N.E.R.D.

March 18

N.E.R.D. Alert

Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams plan for the revenge of the N.E.R.D.

Various Artists

Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack (Bad Boy/Universal)

Various Artists

Music from the Motion Picture Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax)

Remembering (Barely) SXSW

We've vowed never to do it again--but we can't wait till next year

Various Artists

Music from the Motion Picture Biker Boyz (DreamWorks)

N.E.R.D.

In Search of N.E.R.D. (Virgin)

Mass N.E.R.D.er

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are revolutionary producers. Now they're doing it for themselves.