We caught this ambitious group of high schoolers at SXSW this year - hailing from Chicago, Kids These Days play a mix of hip hop, blues, jazz, rock and soul. Their guitarist, Liam Cunningham, is a crazy virtuoso in the Hendrix mold, and we dug drummer Greg Landfair too. The band's main vocalists, Macie Stewart (the girl) and Vic Mensa (the rapper) were a little green but we expect they'll pick up more seasoning as they play more gigs. The Kids have already scored a shot on "Conan" as well as a spot on the bill [...]

- "Flashing Lights" music video by Kids These Days - Added on 02-07-2012 - Genre : Hip-Hop - Description : KIDS THESE DAYS | "FLASHING LIGHTS" MUSIC VIDEO @KidsTheseDays | Directed by Austin Vesely - Tags : 2012 , 10s , Kids These Days
Chicago-based indie rock/jazz (a little bit of everything else in between) band Kids These Days recent late night appearance on Conan helped solidify their place on a lot of people's radar. Last week the band released their revamped rendition of fellow Chi-City native Kanye West 's " Flashing Lights " which includes original lyrics from the band's emcee Vic Mensa and KTD's signature live instrumentation. The young band's re-imagining of the popular single now has a colorful visual for their darker more introspective and thought-provoking take on one of the standout tracks from Kanye's Graduation album. [...]
Kids These Days have such great creative energy. The music they make together is such a breath of fresh air, no cliche. This colorful, potentially seizure-inducing video for their cover of Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" was directed by Austin Vesely . Look out for Traphouse Rock in September. Chi get the money. via TSS Video: Kids These Days - "Flashing Lights" (Kanye West Cover) |
With help from director Austin Vesely, Chicago's Kids put a nice set of visuals together for "Flashing Lights" that so colorful it probably should've gotten a seizure warning. Traphouse Rock's [...]

We featured Chicago-based band Kids These Days ' reimagining of Kanye West 's "Flashing Lights" last week, and now they've released the accompanying video. The grainy texture of the visuals along with the row of flashing lights keep the video simple, allowing you to concentrate on the inspired rendition of 'Ye's song. Watch the video below.
Here's the Austin Vesely directed visual to Kids These Days' re-working of Kanye's Flashing Lights . Video: Kids These Days - Flashing Lights is a post from: That Hip Hop Blog

Last week, the jazz/hip hop band Kids These Days released their own rendition of Kanye West' s " Flashing Lights ," and it was an instant hit. They added new lyrics and switched up the arrangement of the song, but it still retained some of the original elements. In other words, this version was fresh. This week, the group returns with a video that is very dark, but features different color lights for each member as they perform the tune. Watch below. Fresh? [...]
Chicago's Kids These Days gives their recent Yeezy inspired track Flashing Lights the visual treatment.
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Kids These Days dropped " Flashing Lights " a week ago as their debut single from Traphouse Rock and have followed up quickly with visuals for the song. Repurposing Kanye West's track of the same name, Kids These Day's live instrumentation creates a piece as sonically pleasing as the original, so when it's paired with the skills of director Austin Vesely, something good is bound to happen. Set against a black background and framed by the glow of multicolored lights, Vesely layers the purposefully grainy images together to strengthen the tangible emotions in the song, creating a spectacular visual product that embodies "Flashing [...]
Directed by Austin Vesely. Grab the mp3 here if you missed it. Traphouse Rock coming soon.