Hot off their set at SXSW in Austin this past weekend, the boys of N.E.R.D. will no doubt be… Hot off their set at SXSW in Austin this past weekend, the boys of N.E.R.D. will no doubt be packing the same heat tonight at Diesel Club Lounge in the South Side.

N.E.R.D. featuring Pharrell Williams Tonight at 6 Diesel Club Lounge 1601 E. Carson St. 412-431-8800 $22 advance tickets/$25 at the door

The moonlighting project of acclaimed rap producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, a.k.a. The Neptunes, N.E.R.D. takes the duo, along with bandmate Shay Haley, from behind the mixing board to behind the mic. The group fuses an exhaustive array of influences – literally anything from ’60s psychedelic rock, ’70s AM pop and on – into insanely catchy funk rock, as shown exemplified in their 2001 debut In Search Of