Some notable names that received early support from Indie 103.1 and Check One Two were The Airborne Toxic Event, Silversun Pickups, She Wants Revenge, Cold War Kids, Warpaint, and The Submarines.
Mr. Shovel made music news in the winter of 2008 when he, and Indie 103.1 program director Max Tolkoff, were summoned to the home of Prince, who played for them a new record which would later be called Lotusflower.
[9][10] Indie 103.1 and Check One Two's support is regarded as having been a uniting factor in the local music scene in Los Angeles in the first decade of the 21st century.
After returning to the FM dial in January 2016,[15] Mr. Shovel's Check One Two championed a new era of artists such as Starcrawler, Phoebe Bridgers, Plague Vendor, The Interrupters and Weyes Blood.
Also, in October 2015 Mr. Shovel re-joined Steve Jones as producer and on-air foil for a new incarnation of Jonesy's Jukebox on 95.KLOS every Monday through Friday from noon to 2pm Pacific time.