This is the seventh of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see Joe Gittleman laying down percussion and back up vocal tracks, Rich Stein (Drum Master, long time friend and the 1st Big D fan ever) lays down his amazing percussion tracks, and the whole group and friends in the studio record back up vocals.  We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.

This is the sixth of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see Dana Colley of the band Morphine lays down bari and bass saxophone. Patrick lays down cello and Alexandra lays down female voice samples.  We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.

This is the fifth of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see Sirae Richardson, Hayley Jane Soggin, Nicole Olivia & Simone Oliva of The Doped Up Dollies record their vocals for Fluent In Stroll at Cam Street Studio in Cambridge, MA. We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.

Tip The Van are the up-and-coming  female-fronted ska-pop group from Connecticut.  They have appeared on the Ska Is Dead compilation and have played many shows with bands like Less Than Jake and Big D and the Kids Table.  This video is a behind-the-scenes look at how they made their music video for the song “Cherry Red.”

This is the fourth of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see the horn players laying down their tracks.  We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.

This is the second of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see Steve Foote lays down his Bass tracks and Sean P. Rogan lays down his guitar tracks.  We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.

This is the first of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  In this episode, we see Derek Davis check his drums and begin tracking.   Joe Gittleman (Producer and Mighty Mighty Bosstones bassist) and Adam Taylor, Alex Hartman and Paul Q. Kolderie (Engineers) begin to get Camp Street studio in Cambridge Massachusetts ready for Big D.

So we’ve gone a little crazy with all the videos in an attempt to make up for our recent video dryspell.  Here is the brand new video from Big D and the Kids Table for the song “Fluent In Stroll” from an album with the same name, courtesy of AltPress.

MNSka’s resident videographer Patrick Larson attended the Vans Warped Tour on Sunday, August 2nd at Canterbury Park and was able to take some videos for us.  We’re certainly glad he did since this year was jam packed with ska bands.  We posted earlier a video of MNSka band 2 Tone Runts, but Patrick also managed to captured footage from Less Than Jake, Westbound Train, and Big D and the Kids Table as well.

You can find the videos after the jump.

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Boston ska-punkers Big D and the Kids Table have about 14 years of rocking steady under their belts.  Known for their breakneck DIY drive and their energetic frenzied sound, the band released their latest album, Fluent In Stroll, which takes the group to a new place musically.  G’Ras Asim interviews Big D frontman Dave McWane, courtesy of Punknews.org, to discuss the Warped Tour and their new sound.

Check out the interview after the jump.

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