Australia's Hiatus Kaiyote Carves Out A Crazy Path

Any time that you play some nice chords with a Fender Rhodes — as soon as that happens, it's like, "Jazz!"

-- For Paul Bender, "Jazz is not a style or a sound. It's a process." Singer-guitarist Nai Palm joins him in a conversation with NPR's Audie Cornish about Hiatus Kaiyote's self-described "multi-dimensional, polyrhythmic gangster s***," fresh perspectives in songwriting, and the band's new album, Choose Your Weapon.