Avant-pop shapeshifter Dora Jar has amassed quite the resume since dropping her debut EP Digital Meadow in 2021: Billie Eilish, The 1975, and Gracie Abrams are just a few of her recent tourmates. Now she’s preparing to venture out again — this time with HAIM in support of their 2025 I Quit tour.
And she’s plenty accomplished in her own right, with her 2024 LP No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire racking up critical acclaim and a hearty co-sign from KCRW’s Sam Sanders.
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Before hitting the road with the Haim sisters, Jar joins us to flex her exquisite taste in other people’s music by sharing five of her very favorite songs. Also, check out her latest single “Lucky” and mark your calendar for Dora Jar and HAIM at the Kia Forum on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Dora Jar’s KCRW Guest Selects:
“There She Goes” – The La’s
“Gosh” – Jamie xx
“Never Going Back Again” – Fleetwood Mac
“Hammond Song” – The Roches
“Is It Supposed” – Hudson Mohawke