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Sentinel is an American indie dream rock duo originating from San Francisco, California. Currently Tarabud and Dennis are based out of Seattle, Washington.[1] Their music style is self-described as indie-indie dream pop.[2] The band played regularly in clubs and venues around the San Francisco Bay Area. These include KZSU Stanford Live in Studio, Bottom of the Hill, The Uptown, Blakes on Telegraph, The Red Devil Lounge, 19 Broadway, The Great American Music Hall, Cafe Du Nord, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Main Stage, The Make-Out Room and Bay Street Emeryville. They were played regularly on San Francisco Bay Area radio stations including KITS Live105, KSAN (FM) The Bone, KALX UC Berkeley, KUSF UC San Francisco, KZSU Stanford and regularly make the list of top Bay Area local bands.[3] Tarabud made top female musician for Bay Area according to Live105 FM Music News in 2011. [4]

Sentinel
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California; currently Seattle
Genres	Rock, pop, Indie dream
Years active	2004-current (2004-current)
Labels	N/A
Members	Tarabud & Dennis Bestafka
Past members	Amalia Cole - keys, Jenna Medina - keys, David Serotkin - drums, Kevin Rothermel - drums, Billy Mowery - drums
Website	www.facebook.com/sentineltheband

Members

• Tarabud, vocals, bass
• Dennis Bestafka, guitar
• Guest Drummer
• Guest Keyboardist

Musical style and evolution

Influences

The band cites Depeche Mode, Flock of Seagulls, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, U2, Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, The Beatles and Ella Fitzgerald as influences.[5]

Discography

• Sentinel (2004)[6]
• The Singles (2005)
• Sequels & Hunches E.P. (2007)[7]
• Kites Without Strings (2008)[8]
• For Days Deep (2010)[9]
• Jet Black Single (2010)[10]
• Dark End Single (2011)[11]
• Somewhere Else Single (2012)[12]
• Somewhere Else Extended Dance Remix(2012)[13]
• Points of Light (2015)[14]

References

Footnotes

• Points of Light album Review
• Counting Stars Song Review
• Sentinel Discography on Bandcamp
• Sentinel Blog Page

External links

• Sentinel on Facebook
• Sentinel on Twitter
• Sentinel Discography on Bandcamp
• Sentinel Discography on CDbaby
• Sentinel Blog Page
• Sentinel on ReverbNation

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