All Girl Summer Fun Band Explained

All Girl Summer Fun Band
Alias:	AGSFB
Origin:	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genre:	Indie pop, twee pop
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	K, Magic Marker, AGSFB Music
Website:	Official website
Current Members:	Kim Baxter Kathy Foster Jen Sbragia
Past Members:	Ari Douangpanya

All Girl Summer Fun Band is an American, Portland based twee-pop band,^[1] initially composed of Kim Baxter, Kathy Foster, Jen Sbragia, and Ari Douangpanya.

Biography

Baxter met Sbragia after a Softies show, when Baxter gave Sbragia a tape of her music. That summer, Baxter asked each of the girls if they wanted to start an "all girl summer fun band." Although the other three hadn't met before, they all agreed, and the band was formed.^[2] After releasing an EP and several singles, they joined K Records. K released two albums for the band, an eponymous debut and the follow-up 2, before Douangpanya left the band in 2005 to raise her son. The remaining members continued as a three-piece. On September 23, 2008, the band released their third full-length album.

The members of AGSFB have played in various other bands, most notably Foster in The Thermals and Sbragia in The Softies, amongst others. The members of the band also work at Portland's Rock and Roll Camp for Girls.

Discography

Albums

• All Girl Summer Fun Band (2002, K Records)^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 2 (2003, K Records)^{[6] [7]}
• Looking Into It (September 23, 2008, AGSFB Music)^{[8] [9]}

EPs

• Summer of '98 (2003, Magic Marker)
• All Girl Summer Fun Band & Cars Can Be Blue (2009, Happy Happy Birth Day To Me Records)

Singles

• "All Girl Summer Fun Band" (1999, Magic Marker)

Further reading

• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070928171128/http://www.jillpushedjack.com/music/interview_agsfb.htm. Interview: All Girl Summer Fun Band. dead. September 28, 2007. Jill. Hamilton. August 25, 2007. Jill Pushed Jack.
• News: NOISE: More dispatches from the all-girl band front - from All Girl Summer Fun Band. https://web.archive.org/web/20090512234606/http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2006/07/noise_more_dispatches_from_the_1.html. May 12, 2009. dead. San Francisco Bay Guardian. Kimberly. Chun. July 25, 2006. June 21, 2007.
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070928175902/http://kaninkanon.nu/joom/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=36. Interview from 2003 with American All Girl Summer Fun Band. dead. September 28, 2007. Kaninkanon.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: SF Popfest Review: All Girl Summer Fun Band, Still Flyin', and Cars Can Be Blue – Rickshaw Stop 5/29. The Bay Bridged. Jake. Butler. June 3, 2010.
2. News: Maximum Ink, All Girl Summer Fun Band. Maximumink.com. September 12, 2003.
3. News: Fields . Alison . All Girl Summer Fun Band: All Girl Summer Fun Band . Pitchfork . March 14, 2002 . November 17, 2018.
4. Web site: Review - All Girl Summer Fun Band. Orlando Weekly.
5. All Girl Summer Fun Band: self-titled. PopMatters. Eden. Miller. February 4, 2002.
6. Web site: Pitchfork: Album Reviews: All Girl Summer Fun Band: 2 . Pitchforkmedia.com . 2003-08-05 . 2011-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421234437/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/14878-2 . 2008-04-21 . dead .
7. News: All Girl Summer Fun Band: 2. North Bay Bohemian. Heather. Seggel. September 11, 2003.
8. Pitchfork. All Girl Summer Fun Band: Looking Into It. Rebecca. Raber. September 23, 2008.
9. Magnet. All Girl Summer Fun Band: Looking Into It. Raymond. Cummings. September 23, 2008.