MULTIMAGIC

Multimagic made the trek to Baby’s all the way from Cincinnati, for their 2nd performance in New York City ever. The 5-piece band, led by Coran Stetter, makes exciting, well polished synth-rock, that aims high towards the stars. The few demos (such as the previously shared “Control”) that they’ve shared on soundcloud don’t quite do them justice. In the live setting they’re vibrant performers who are not only confident on stage, but fluid and tight, comfortably rocking out while they belt out every lyric. There’s a delightful widescreen nature to their songs that beg you to dance, cheer, and lose a bit of yourself along the way. I’m excited for you guys to discover Multimagic, and see them live for yourselves. Find their new demo “Sun Dress” posted below along with photos from their set. – Will - We All Want Someone To Shout For (Will Oliver)

Multimagic are a Cincinnati-based band led by Coran Stetter. Their latest release is a demo of a song titled “Control,” a jittery piece of music that showcases energetic bits of synth-rock that is one word: joyful. It gets off to a great start but its the blissful finish that won me over.

It If this is just the demo, I’m worried about how good the final cut will turn out.

For all you New Yorkers, you can get a first look at the band when they come to Brooklyn to play at Baby’s All Right on Saturday February 21 with Monogold, New Myths and Yonaton Gat.

For now, enjoy “Control,” as well as the equally enjoyable “Let Go,” which is the first demo they released last year. - We All Want Someone To Shout For

If you do a quick read on the music coming out of Cincinnati, you’d find that the city is a lot more unique and musically rich than it at first seems. To give you an idea, here’s a little briefer on who hails from Cincy: Bootsy Collins, The National, Heartless Bastards, Tweens, and country punk greats 500 Miles to Memphis. And now, Multimagic are looking to carve their way into the discussion with “Let Go”, their solid first effort. The track is incredibly catchy and instantly addictive. What we have here is melodic, synth driven power indie that sounds like Interpol went for a float down the Ohio River and came across sunny, up-tempo rhythms. If there’s one thing we can fathom from this track, it’s that the quartet has vast potential. “Let Go” is an excellent first outing that guarantees we’ll be keeping our ears locked on this exciting young band. JS - Sound Chips

Cincinnati's MULTIMAGIC captured my attention with their uplifting run-around-your-house-dancing track, "Let Go." Forming in early 2014 by singer/guitarist Coran Stetter and keyboardist Brian Davis, the band is still finalizing their main lineup and are getting ready to take on the music world in 2015. They even have some shows lined up in Brooklyn and SXSW so look out for those dates coming soon! - Buzznet

CINCINNATI —As the stages get set for Bunbury 2015, one band with Cincinnati roots is taking it all in.

"Tonight I just wanna chill, eat some dinner with my mom and go to bed early," Mia Carruthers said.

WLWT News 5's Jackie Congedo caught up with Carruthers outside her favorite Over-the-Rhine eatery, just a few blocks from SCPA, where she went to high school.


Friday at 3 p.m. the singer and bassist will take the main stage at one of Cincinnati's premiere music festivals.

"Just to have our own festival in this town with so much talent is, I think it's a point of pride, you know, for all of us, you know. Yeah, we're pulling in these huge acts to play in our own hometown. So it's incredible to be a part of it," Carruthers said.

She and four other Cincinnati natives make up the band MultiMagic and Friday's big gig will be their eighth performance together.

"We are a really new band and every show that we've played has just gotten bigger and bigger, and we could not be more excited and grateful. We're all just kind of along this ride and it's wild," Carruthers said.

Not only are they thrilled to perform Friday, they're every bit as excited to watch and listen.

"We're really lucky to be playing on the main stage this year, which means we can watch all these incredible artists from backstage and we will certainly be doing that," Carruthers said. - WLWT

For its next trick, MULTIMAGIC will make you—and everyone else—love local music.

June 2016Justin Williams0 Comments
Empty bottles of Miller High Life line the shelves of the rehearsal space, just barely withstanding the shattering rattle of Sebastien Schultz’s drumming and sudden, unexpected screech from guitarist Ben Hines’s amp.

“I liked the feedback at the end,” bassist and vocalist Mia Carruthers deadpans to Hines after the song. “That one in the middle, not so much.”

It’s an accepted annoyance in the life of a young band like MULTIMAGIC, rehearsing tonight in a cramped Northern Kentucky basement to save money and put it into the finishing touches on a self-funded first album.

The quintet—vocalist/guitarist Coran Stetter, keyboardist Brian Davis, Schultz, Hines, and Carruthers—came together in late 2014 after years of bouncing around various bands and projects in the Cincinnati music scene. The driving, jangled guitar riffs and melodic lyrics are reminiscent of popular indie synthpop bands of the aughts (The Killers, Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie), but with a name that’s appropriately contemporary. “I woke up one night after rolling over on my iPhone, and Siri was just screaming, ‘MULTIMAGIC, MULTIMAGIC,’” says Stetter.

After booking a heat-check show at MOTR in late January 2015, they hit the road, networking themselves into gigs in Chicago, New York City, and Austin’s South by Southwest. It was ambitious, but also a calculated move. “The listening audience in Cincinnati tends to support bands that leave and get recognition elsewhere,” says Carruthers, hesitantly. It’s a stigma that’s latched on to the scene, in part because of the wealth of free, quality live music available—“You can go to MOTR every night and see a good band,” says Stetter—but it makes it hard for local musicians to quit their day jobs.

MULTIMAGIC hasn’t avoided Cincinnati shows; it played Bunbury last year, opens for Diane Coffee at Woodward Theater on June 11, and headlines the same venue on July 29. The band is simply framing its future with a wider lens, weary of overexposing itself for the same reason it’s investing so much time (and money) into its debut record, as opposed to rushing out a digital EP. “We want to compete nationally,” says Schultz.

The plan is to shop the completed album to labels later this year, but that shouldn’t suggest a jones to jet off to New York or Los Angeles at the first chance, either. “We would love nothing more than to reach a widespread success, but also to be based here and bring attention to our scene,” says Carruthers. “There are so many talented musicians in this city. We want an all-ships-rise situation.” - Cincinnati Magazine