It never takes long to know where Ali Jaafar stands on — well, just about anything. And chances are, you won't always agree with him. But in his band, avant rockers Hollow Boys, Jaafar's ideas pay inarguable dividends. They eschew bloated songs and setlists, and distill the music down to its succinct essence. Not solely for artistic purposes, mind you — it's imperative to avoid what he calls his "existential boredom with the... More >>>