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Couch at Coachella and Letterman- Head and The Heart and Aloe Blacc
Rad. It was cool to see Aloe Blacc guitarist Joel Van Dijk was wearing his Couch Seatbelt Guitar Strap recently during a taping of The David Letterman Show. Also, we were watching videos of Coachella 2014 online and came across these screenshots of Head And The Heart’s Josiah Johnson on stage in front of tens […] -
Ventures Members' New Band V2 Rocks Couch!
It’s common to hear one of the Ventures’ classic LP’s spinning on the the turntable here at Couch while we’re sewing and shipping away. So recently when The Ventures members Bob Spalding and Leon Taylor’s new band asked us for some straps we were stoked! V2 has some extensive US and international touring in the […] -
Cool Article Couch Upcycling Auto Vinyl On The BBC!
Thanks to Jim Resnick of BBC Auto for the rad article on Couch! Yes we make a lot of stuff out of old and new automotive upholstery vinyl. Thanks Jim for letting the BBC audience in the UK know they can order a strap, wallet or belt from factory floor to their door in about […] -
Muffs And Bangles Perform The Beatles for Autism Benefit
Well this is rad. We came across this post a few weeks back of The Muffs, joined by The Bangles, performing The Beatles’ Rain for an Autism Think Tank benefit. It’s cool to see Muffs guitarist and singer Kim Shattuck is still rocking her Black and White Racer X Guitar Strap she wore while […] -
Fred Armisen To Lead Band on Seth Meyers new Late Night!
It wasn’t too long ago we were covering Saturday Night Live actor Fred Armisen’s SNL farewell performance, and that Portlandia co-star Carrie Brownstein was wearing her Couch 80’s Mercedes Guitar Strap. Well if you haven’t seen it yet, it was recently announced Fred will be the band leader on Seth Meyer’s new Late Night on […] -
Albert Hammond Jr. On Tour- Bassist Reno Bo Rocks Couch VW Guitar Strap
We were at The El Rey in Los Angeles recently to see The Strokes guitar player Albert Hammond Jr. In addition to his new record we love his first release Yours To Keep and we had to catch him live when he was in town. Now we had heard The Strokes’ other guitar player Nic […] -
How To Write A Hipster Rock Anthem With A Guest Appearance By Couch
This Jan And Dan “Look Out For Doug” video has started to become a mini meme lately with about 200,000 hits and counting. It’s pretty playful and tongue in cheek and we love seeing the Couch Runway Blue W/ White Racer X Strap in a starring role! After viewing this video, our friend’s nephew innocently […] -
Pixies On Tour Now With New Songs and New Bassist Kim Shattuck
We were stoked to hear recently that The Pixies are getting together with some new songs for a new tour. Even cooler is that with long time bassist Kim Deal stepping down, LA great Kim Shattuck of The Muffs is stepping in in Kim’s Deal’s place. We love Kim and The Muffs!!! We’ve seen Shattuck […] -
Bad Religion Guitarist Brian Baker Rocks Cat Strap at Germany's Rock Am Ring
Earlier this year The Couch Cat Strap was narry a glimmer in our eye so it was crazy to see Bad Religion Guitarist Brian Baker rocking one just 3 months later in front of 50,000 people. In case you didn’t know, Brian is a bit of a punk legend best known as one of the […] -
Mavis Staples Live On Jon Stewart- Bassist Jeff Turmes Rocks Couch.
Have you heard the new Mavis Staples single “I Like The Things About Me” yet? The song freaking rules! Like her last Grammy Award winning album “You Are Not Alone”, her brand new record “One True Vine” was produced by Wilco song leader Jeff Tweedy. Anyway we were watching her performance on Jon Stewart last […]