The Shins' former drummer Jesse Sandoval has revealed that before he was given the boot the band were working in the studio with Danger Mouse.

Reuters - A lineup change, a new label, a film score and a few new songs are in store for fans of indie rock band The Shins, which returned to the road this past week after an eighteen-month break.

Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer has replaced Jesse Sandoval in The Shins, as part of a shuffle in the lineup of the band.

NAME: The ShinsPROGRESS REPORT: Writing songs for the follow-up to 2007's Wincing The Night Away. Working on a collaborative side-project."You go a year without playing and you think, maybe I can't do it anymore. Maybe I forgot how to do it. I don't know," says Shins frontman James Mercer. Worrying about "keeping our name out there," seems kind ...

Last night's Shins show featured an interesting line-up: No Marty Crandall? Also no Jesse Sandovol on drums, although the keyboardist's absence is more likely to be the focus of internet conjecture. Rounding out the lineup were Eric Johnson on keys (Fruit Bats), Ron Lewis on bass (Fruit Bats, Ghost Stories, Grand Archives, etc.), and an unrecogn...