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[INDIE] Longtime local players Mark Costantino and Brandon Delmont have joined forces for a series of tunes that straddle the lines between collegiate angst and the (arguably more painful) realizations of growing older. It gives the duo’s self-titled disc, recorded in the throes of a brutal winter, a cross-section of emotional appeal—which also helps explain why college radio is responding to it so well. Costantino’s even-tempered crooning sets the stage for short, shimmering vignettes that’ll continue gnawing at you well after the record ends.

This weekend, the Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts will celebrate its 16th year by inviting more than 170 artists and 70 performers to a six block stretch of Elmwood Avenue between West Ferry Street and St. James Place. “We wanted to create an event, with the help of thousands of co-creators that helped to bring out the best in all of us,” says festival chairman, Joe DiPasquale.

[ROCK] In 1993, the Counting Crows unleashed their gorgeously orchestrated debut album, August and Everything After to an audience unprepared for such an original and honest sound. “Mr. Jones” burned up the charts with its thick melodies and Adam Duritz’s passionate vocals. Twenty-one years and five albums later, the Crows are back with Somewhere Under Wonderland to remind us that they have evolved, but their songs can still penetrate the soul.

[JAZZ] It’s the last weekend in August and that means that Center Street in Lewiston will be jam-packed with four stages worth of smoldering jazz performed by world-class musicians for the Lewiston Jazz Festival. Renowned jazz pianist, Ron Corsaro, backed by the Upstate Express and featuring Laurie Bordonaro on vocals, will hold down the Main Stage on Friday.

[PARTY] This Saturday, August 29 Squeaky Wheel welcomes you to join them as they celebrate their 30th anniversary at their annual multimedia extravaganza, Peepshow. It’s the kind of lively, all-out event you can expect from the city’s chief multimedia nonprofit.