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"Part aggressive, experimental-noise rock, part delicate and lovely melody and completely awesome, Tartufi's live show is a marvel."
-Sarah Wengert, The Reader (Omaha, NE)
-Amanda Newman (Club Owner / Promoter), Dallas Nightlife Blog (Dallas TX) "San Francisco's beloved Tartufi is part of a growing crop of bands trading traditional pop blueprints for almost primal sound experiments... their music dips into more ethereal, fanciful territory. The duo's epic experimental jams are peppered with distorted, high pitched vocals that are at times eerie and romantic. Their sophomore release Us Upon Buildings Upon Us deserves to be heard through a nice set of headphones."
-Salt Lake Weekly (Salt Lake City, UT) "Thrilling in a live context."
-C. Gray, The Portland Phoenix ( Portland, ME) "Tartufi knows what they're doing... The San Francisco duo uses complex song structures to build what can only be described as sonic collages, employing unusual instrumentation and dynamic shifts to achieve a rolling-river feel to the songs. Each song on the disc takes its time in establishing the mood (there's only one song under five minutes), and there's a sense of continuity between the songs... Even better, the individual songs are strong examples of craftsmanship... Us Upon Buildings Upon Us is a success.You might not be able to dance to it, but you'll enjoy it nonetheless."
-Brandon Nolta, Boise Weekly (Boise, ID)
"Tartufi was the big surprise. A two-piece featuring Brian Gorman on drums (and bullhorn) and Lynne Angel on guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals, the trick to their layered sound was the use of loop upon loop upon loop, which allowed Angel to do three-part harmony with herself, play guitar and bass, all at the same time. I've seen the loop-thing done a lot lately, but never as effectively... The music was proggy indie rock that bordered on Pixies punk. It looked like quite a workout."
-Tim McMahan www.lazyeye.com (Omaha, NE)
"Tartufi Voted Best Indie Band of 2007 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian based on their superb '06 release, Us Upon Buildings Upon Us, the duo of Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman hew a rich, fractured world out of looped guitars, keys and voices, shape-shifting time sigs, and crashing percussion. They can go from Slint-inspired explosions or Built to Spill epic to Joan of Arc-like baroque or Breeders chug in a measure or two, the shifts revealing unassailable logic as they unfurl. Nine out of 10 buzz bands don't deserve it; Tartufi does."
-A. Schacht, Creative Loafing (Charlotte, NC)
"Tartufi write songs like they're folding towels fresh from the dryer. Traveling the seam between coo and caw, the duo churn out lush and layered soundscapes that billow with cerebral grace, prog-perfect texture, and a deliciously abstract abrasion that our readers adore."
-TARTUFI Voted Best Indie Band 2007 -SF Bay Guardian
"Looping aint easy. With US UPON BUILDINGS UPON US, San Francisco duo Tartufi does its damnedest to apologize for the tons of shitty guitar players that stomp on pedals and bury riffs under even uglier ones. Throughout, guitarist/vocalist Lynne Angel quotes phrases gracefully, blending them into a complex, textural wall of sound that's smartly built then elegantly deconstructed. Meanwhile she does the same with her piercing alloy voice, and drummer Brian Gorman drops heavy accompaniment behind the kit. (The) whole is an imposing tangle of beauty and ambition."
-Robbie Mackey, XLR8R Magazine
"Bay Area buddies Brian Gorman and Lynne Angel are responsible for the epic and explosive sounds of Tartufi. Making music that is both pretty and scary at the same time. Tartufi uses extensive looping and layering to create hypnotically experimental anti-pop songs. Angel's unpredictable vocals range from soothing to severe, accenting her driving guitar and bass playing, while Gorman finds time to give the finger to his mic as he busts out the megaphone, all the while skillfully keeping the beat for this powerful duo."
-Veronica Young, Noise Pop Festival
"Forget what you thought you knew about Tartufi. (They have) become a forward thinking duo driven by rhythm and reinvention."
-Leah Freeman, West Coast Performer (Cover Story)
"Singer and guitarist, Lynne Angel and drummer, Brian Gorman with the help from Tim Green (of The Fucking Champs) have crafted a mathy stew of beauty and noise with vocals that are at times both angelic and damning with turn-on-a-dime changes, majestic sweeps, soft interludes, and only a touch of over-indulgence. The acrobatics that Angel brings doubly to the guitar and her voice have to be seen live to be believed, where they seriously sound like a four piece with a choir. "
-Aquarius Records
"The music brim(s) with energy and force; (coming) together as something new: punk and prog and pop crunched together in some vital concoction."
-Charlie B., nerdlitter.blogspot.com
"You're left in awe at how versatile yet distinct their music is…you're left more or less with your jaw hanging open."
-Dave Heaton, erasingclouds.com
"Equal parts twee and epic rock jams - the band alternates from sugar sweet female vocals to distorted guitar workouts. The band rides on the energy of an exuberantly baroque drummer – Brian Gorman – that would make Brendan Canty proud."
Gordon B. Isnor, lefthip.com
"Slash-pop exuberance erupts from Slint-ish post-rockery in a four song EP from San Francisco's Tartufi... The band meldscareening female harmonies with complex and off-kilter rhythms... the chaotic clatter of Gorman's drums intersecting with occasional piano chords and druggy-sweet female coos. The groove is difficult, abstract, fraught with stops and changes, smoothed on the surface by womanly calm, but roiling away underneath."
-Jennifer Kelly, Popmatters.com
"Tartufi have reached across the ocean to release a four-song EP with the Spainish label Acuarela... and we're glad to hear the word is spreading on this terrific band. If you've dug their intelligent, well-crafted first two cds So We Are Alive and Westward Onward then this will surely be a welcome treat too."
Cup, Aquarius Records
"'Trouble' is simply burstin' with energy and confidence and packed with all the good stuff: a solid emotive pop core, infectious hooks, smartly crafted, challenging twists and strong female vocals."
-www.no-13.com
"Tartufi, whose new EP, Trouble, on the impeccable Spanish label Acuarela, is anything but. Feted at this show and recorded by Trans Am's Phil Manley, the disc finds the[m] digging into the math (rock) with all their familiar passion and verve and developing into a new, more complex creature than our Dream Police had ever imagined."
-Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian
"Killer harmonies, exacting musicianship and a wise philosophy for the new music millenium."
-Sherry Sly -Full Article-
Performer Magazine (2005)
"If one word could describe the San Francisco sound, in terms of the decadent youth culture, that word might be Tartufi."
-Aaron Pogue -Full Article-
Reactor Magazine (2005)
"Tartufi has grown into a jagged, catchy and emotive style of energetic crunch—gathering them praise from critics and fans alike."
-Zero Magazine (2005)
"A striking ball of energy. As guitars slash and burn...vocals rage and teeter on the edge of convention with melody and harmonic exuberance to spare.”
-Devil In The Woods Magazine (2004)
"Electric. Explosive. Joyful, winsome, and refreshingly stripped-down."
-Tooth & Nail Online (2003)
"Tartufi voted One of the Top Ten Local Live Shows of 2002"
-SF Bay Guardian (2002)
