LargeHeartedBoy — A relatively meager music release week is bolstered by the new British Sea Power album, Valhalla Dancehall. Other releases I have heard and can strongly recommend include Wire's Red Barked Tree, Abigail Washburn's City of Refuge, Tape Deck Mountain's... more info

Guardian Music — British Sea Power's fourth album proper stakes out new territory between the Flaming Lips and the ManicsImagine, for a moment, an actual Jamaican dance hall, relocated to Valhalla. There would be a time-shifting fog of ganja and barbecued goat. Mad-e... more info

DrownedInSound — Some will decry Valhalla Dancehall's essential familiarity, but on their fourth album proper British Sea Power are a band unique, complex and confident enough in their own right to remind us why we loved them in the first place whilst making modest r... more info

Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)There's no denying British Sea Power's bull-headed singularity. They followed their nomination for the Mercury, for 2008's Do You Like Rock Music?, with an obscurant soundtrack to a 1934 film about Irish fishermen; three months ago, they... more info

Guardian Music — Yan from the band picks his 10 favourite moments of making the album …Listen to Valhalla Dancehall hereFor Valhalla Dancehall, our fifth album, we decided to do things a little differently. The plan was to abandon the professional studio and all it... more info

Guardian Music — Let us know what you think of British Sea Power's latest effort, a pop record inspired by Dadaist poetry and crazy golfBritish Sea Power share their memories of making Valhalla DancehallBritish Sea Power are back with another brilliant and slightly b... more info

Chorus.fm — The AV Club is streaming *British Sea Power* (http://www.myspace.com/britishseapower)'s new album, Valhalla Dancehall, here (http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-out-an-exclusive-stream-of-british-sea-power,49539/). more info

The Music Fix — Let's party with British Sea Power ... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers JOHN MAYER and ROB THOMAS brought some festive cheer to sick children on Tuesday (21Dec10) when they performed at a New York hospital as part of a special charity event.The singers were joined by the Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik to play for pa... more info

DrownedInSound — As with the end of the year, it's often said that really good records don't come out at the beginning of a designated period of 12 months. This might be mostly true, but British Sea Power hope to prove an exception to the rule when they release their... more info