Columbus has gotten a lot of good acts lately, it seems like. Last week was Plaid, Luke Vibert and Chris Clark playing together on one bill and a few nights ago we had T. Raumschmiere, Ellen Allien and Apparat performing in the same space.

While the notoriously non-dance friendly and stand-offish crowd will be right at home at the Tord Gustavsen Trio concert this Saturday (featuring the drummer from Supersilent (Joe- I’ll see you there, right?)), I can’t help but think that perhaps it was the crowd that helped to make the Shitkatapult and B-Pitch Control show a little less enjoyable than it could have been. Rumor has it that Chicago went all out for the three performers and I only wish that Columbus could have gotten a bit more hyped for the whole thing. I suppose the Sunday night and strict one-hour playing times could have contributed to it, but it didn’t seem to bother the energy of any of the players.

The aforementioned trio this Saturday should be a nice capper, either way, to the college football season. We can listen to the sublime funk-jazz improv while the rest of Columbus riots in the streets, no matter whether the biggest draw in town wins or loses its game earlier in the day. Knowing the time-conscious Wexner Center, though, we’ll probably be out of the show and put directly into the eye of the storm.