Brooklyn Vegan — The National @ High Violet Annex in May (more by David Andrako) tonight in NYC * N.E.R.D. @ Brooklyn Bowl * Tim Berne's Los Totopos @ The Stone * Tony Allen @ Stuyvesant Town Oval * Mark Helias & William... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Eminem played a live set at the E3 tech conference in Los Angleles on Monday night. He appeared at the Activision party topping a bill that also included Usher, Will.I.Am, David Guetta, N.E.R.D and... more info

MTV.com News — Rapper headlined Activision concert that included Usher, Will.I.Am, Jane's Addiction and others.By Matt Elias Eminem performs at E3 on Monday Photo: Chris Weeks/ Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Eminem performed an electrifying set at Activisio... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-03 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre *%06-19 Tilburg, Netherlands - Mundial Festival06-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso +06-21 London, England - London Forum06-23 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy 106-24 Paris, France - Solidays Festival07-... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Young hip-hop mogul Pharrell wants you to make him laugh: “I like three things in a girlfriend,” the Neptunes member told Crushable last night, “funny, smart, and pretty. In that order.” What about style? Pharrell was promoting new tracks for... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-28 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall *% 05-30 Baltimore, MD - The Pier *% 06-02 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre *%06-03 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre *% 06-04 Detroit, MI - Chene Park Theatre*% 06-06 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre * 06-07 New York, N... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Kelly Rowland, N.E.R.D., Ludacris, David Guetta, Will.I.Am, Akon, and Jennifer Lopez were just a few names that took to the stage at the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco, for the 21st Annual... more info

Idolator — Our favorite mechanical animal Janelle Monae hit up the Late Show With David Letterman last night to promote her new album The ArchAndroid. Monae, who’s about to hit the road with Erykah Badu and N.E.R.D., gave a rousing performance of “Tightrope... more info

Idolator — Nelly Furtado has appeared on recent tracks by N.E.R.D. and Timbaland, but its been a minute since we heard any new material from the Grammy winner herself. Last year she released the Spanish language album Mi Plan, and now, ahead of her upcoming fif... more info

AngryApe — Says Pharrell Williams more info