NEW YORK — Indie rockers The National and Bon Iver on Wednesday unveiled the latest entrant into the streaming universe — a site for musicians to post their outtakes hassle-free. Dubbed People, the platform is designed not as a rival to major streaming sites such as Spotify but rather as a free site of benefit to musicians and, ideally, to fans. People, available in test form at https://beta.p-e-o-p-l-e.com/, will let artists upload tracks that did not make the cut for albums, early versions of songs that did see the light of day, or pretty much anything else the musicians think the world may want to hear. Justin Vernon, the central member of Wisconsin-based experimental rockers Bon Iver, speaking to The Guardian, said that many musicians lose focus and rhythm because they need to wait months before putting out their music. “So for me, People is a necessity for publishing certain music without cause for PR alarm, or any other reason than just to publish it,” he told the newspaper. — AFP

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