The Chart Time Tunnel: FemBots

Twoo albums dominated the campus chart ten years ago for the week of March 2 to 9, 2000, much like they did for most of that February and March.

The Smugglers' Rosie remained at #1 for for a fifth straight week, followed by Neko Case And Her Boyfriends' Furnace Room Lullaby, which sat at #2 for three of the previous four weeks. All that would soon change, but I don't want to spoil next week's Chart Time Tunnel.

Morphine's The Night flipped spots with Be'hl's Bright Eyes, moving to #3 and #4, respectively. Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out rocketed up the chart 25 places to land at #5 in its second week. Yo La Tengo would head higher up the chart in the coming weeks.

Modest Mouse's Building Nothing Out Of Something rose four spots to #6, followed by Fu Manchu's King Of The Road, which re-entered that week's chart at #7. Le Tigre's self-titled release slipped down two places to #8, followed by a three-place jump by Destroyer's Thief at #9 and a 29-spot rise by the eponymous Supreme Beings Of Leisure release at #10.

There were three high-charting new entries during the week. Bowery Electric's Lushlife entered at #13, followed by South Pacific's Constance at #14 and Scanner Vs. DJ Spooky's The Quick And The Dead collaboration, arriving at #15.

Other interesting new entries included Nerf Herder's How To Meets Girls at #21, Air's The Virgin Suicides at #25 and Millencolin's Pennybridge Pioneers at #40.

The focus this week revolves around the debut of a new group from two former members of the early '90s alt.rock band Dig Circus.

Dave MacKinnon and Brian Poirier formed FemBots in 1997. The band's Mucho Cuidado debut album re-entered the campus chart at #37 after first appearing four weeks earlier. The disc's initial entry at #35 during the week of Feb. 10 to 17, 2000 was its highest peak during their short four-week run.

Their Small Town Murder Scene follow-up fared a bit better, entering at #22 in early 2003, peaking the following week at #21 and lasting seven weeks.

The City, released on Paper Bag in 2005, entered at #35 and rose to #2 that September during its 12-week run on the chart.

Three years later, the band's fourth album, Calling Out entered the top 50 at #11 as the Chart Sizzler for the week of Sept. 7 to 13, 2008. Calling Out rose to #5, matching The City for time on the campus chart with 12 weeks.