Formed in 2001, San Francisco's TARTUFI released three albums as a power-pop trio, Westward Onward (Thread Records- 2002), So We Are Alive (Thread Records – 2004), and Trouble (Acuarela – 2005), and garnered heaps of press and "Best of..."s before members Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman decided switch gears and head in a new direction.

In 2006, having just played a South by Southwest showcase and with an album at #75 on CMJ charts, the now duo had much to prove and an eager desire to fulfill their like-minded sonic vision. Ditching their previous material and hitting the studio armed with bigger amplifiers and modified loop stations, Angel and Gorman began developing their new sound.

In 3 months time, the reinvented band had written and recorded Us Upon Buildings Upon Us (2006 - Thread Records) with the help of Tim Green (Joanna Newsom, Melvins, Monotonix) in the engineer's seat. Having shed many of the band's previous pop sensibilities, UUBUU's rich, epic and complex sound surprised many critics and fans alike. The album propelled Tartufi farther onto the national stage. Tartufi made three laps around the U.S. in support of UUBUU. Audiences nationwide were left awestruck as the duo was able to reproduce the complexities of the album using live looping as opposed to with the aid of a laptop or Midi time clocks. Critics around the country picked UUBUU as one of the best albums of the year. In 2007, after more than 120 shows, Tartufi was voted Best Indie Band in the Bay by The San Francisco Bay Guardian.

In the spring of 2008 Tartufi returned to the studio (again with the help of Tim Green) and began working on their next album, Nests of Waves and Wire. After months of recording, overdubs and mixing, Angel and Gorman left the studio with an album that they were extremely proud of and that was, without a doubt, their most mature work to date. Further exploring the boundaries of vocal and instrumental layering, poly-rhythmic deconstruction and song arrangement, NOWAW is a lush and weighty mix of the band's compositional sensibilities and sonic daydreams. At eight in the morning the following day, five hours after they finished the album, Tartufi received a call from Southern Records offering to sign the band and release the new album. Nests of Waves and Wire was released in May 2009 and received critical acclaim in the US and EU, topping numerous "best of" lists and year-end spotlights. The band toured the US and UK (supporting Marnie Stern) and found their audience expanding and their capabilities compounding.

Tartufi then released an EP entitled The Goodwill of the Scar (Southern Records) in the spring of 2010 and toured the US behind it. The EP consists of one, twenty-six minute epic song, "The Butterless Man", that brought the band into new musical territories where they were able to explore the inevitability of the formation of musical movements within larger pieces of work. Needless to say, "The Butterless Man" was a HUGE commercial radio hit.

In 2011, Tartufi expanded their ranks with the addition of Benjamin Thorne (Low Red Land, Minot) on bass. A whole new realm of possibilities has been opened  with an extra set of hands on deck.  The band just completed new full length, These Factory Days (Southern Records), that will be available in March of 2013, and they plan on touring the US and EU extensively to promote through the spring and summer.