Discuss “The Shins shine on Saturday”

Most followers of indie rock strongly believe that the artists are in it for the music, and that money has no effect on the decisions the band makes. Alas, they lament, that the band should fall into the deep, horrible abyss of other artists loathed for becoming ?sellouts.? Dave Hernandez of the Shins, though, said quite frankly that his bandmate, James, ?has never been shackled with the silly bones of ?selling out? or whatever.?

Mercer confirmed this multiple times through an interview sitting in the grass on Friday afternoon, such as when he was asked about how the Shins got involved in putting their music in commercials for the Gap. Mercer?s first response was, ?If the money is right ... and you feel like it?s not going to associate you...