Who: Planet Farm/Shitz0/Bill Tucker/Aporia/Borealis

When: Friday, May 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Error Records, 702 S. Neil St., Champaign

Ages: All ages

Cost: $5

Error Records is hosting this month’s Experimental Sounds and Poetry on Friday, May 24. The monthly exhibit usually held at The Math Lab shows off Champaign-Urbana’s wide variety of poetry, spoken word performances and experimental noise music. This month’s showcase includes sets from local drone band Planet Farm and Champaign’s chillwave artist Shitz0, while the likes of Bill Tucker, Aporia and Borealis each make stops in town from other parts of Illinois. Spoken word readings and poetry from JR Jill, Fergus Lynch, Kaitlyn Bradshaw and Jake Lee will be featured in between sets, providing non-stop entertainment throughout the entire night.

Who: Need/Bailout/Marathon/Unnerve

When: Saturday, May 25, 7 p.m.

Where: Error Records, 702 S. Neil St., Champaign

Ages: All ages

Cost: $5

Need will play at Error Records on Saturday, May 25, as the band makes its second stop on a five-day tour. The Champaign band will play with two other hardcore punk bands, Bailout and Unnerve, in a night that promises moshing and music that is loud and in-your-face. The spring tour sees Need go as far west as Denver, Colo. along with two dates in both Missouri and Illinois. Saturday’s show at Error Records will be the first time Need plays a show in the Champaign-Urbana area since playing at Shang-ri La in September of last year. The four-piece hardcore band has been handed more than its fair share of bad luck in the past year, seeing lead singer Jimmy Donovan sidelined by back surgery, while drummer Kyle Lang battles brain cancer.