That’s how Miranda Lambert describes her upcoming album release. She says Revolution (out Sept. 29) has a little bit more diversity and that she has reinvented herself artistically. But not to worry. She says she still stayed true to the classic Miranda Lambert sound.

And you can hear that classic-but-reinvented sound on this Wal-Mart Soundcheck performance. After her five-minute interview, she does 20 solid minutes of music. Mostly new stuff, plus “Famous in a Small Town.”

I am trying not to sway anyone with my biases, but if you only have time to listen to one song, you should make it “Only Prettier.” It could be the steel guitar. It could be the girl swagger in her voice. Or it could just be the lyrics every girl has in her head from time to time when faced with a girl who has somehow pissed you off: “I’ll keep drinkin’/And you’ll keep gettin’ skinnier/I’m just like you, only prettier.”

You can also hear acoustic take on a new tune, “Heart Like Mine,” where she talks about knowing Jesus drank wine and how she bets “he’d understand a heart like mine.” And she does her latest radio hits, the don’t-mess-with-me “White Liar” and the somber “Dead Flowers.”

With the quality sound, nice camera work and the contrast of color and black and white, I have to say that Wal-Mart’s getting pretty good at making these Soundcheck shows seem downright hip. Although this time, it’s Lambert herself that really brings the cool factor up about 10 notches. Especially when she talks about sticking with who you are. Her advice? “Know exactly who you are musically, and you won’t lose yourself along the way.”

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Aug. 26, 2009 — Miranda Lambert can get extremely intense in the middle of her shows, stomping across the stage and flinging her hair as she barrels through “Kerosene” and “Gunpowder & Lead.”

She has her softer side, too, but the high-energy pieces really let her cut loose. It’s one of the most important parts of her job, which Miranda sees as providing her fans with an escape valve from the issues in their everyday lives.

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Sometimes a song is so purely brilliant, it doesn’t need much of a video. Think about Sugarland’s “Stay.” Simple and sparse in terms of instruments, cameras and even makeup.

I thought that would be the case with Miranda Lambert’s “Dead Flowers.” That it was such a well-crafted song, she could just stand there and sing and it would make an excellent video. But like so many times in her evolving career, she has exceeded my expectations.

First of all, she can really act. Not that that’s a mandatory requirement of country singers, but, God, does it make the video powerful. She is singing that this guy “ain’t feeling anything: my love, my hurt or the sting of this rain,” yet she’s the one doing a great job of looking numb and hurt and kind of used to the pain. And what I think makes Lambert unique is her ability to channel that emotion she’s acting out into her voice. This time it’s anger, which comes through loud and clear toward the end of the song. It’s the little nuances — like how she never ever smiles during the entire video — that reveal how deeply she’s feeling the lyrics she’s singing.

Secondly, the way the video was shot, with this sepia tone, makes it look a little vintage. Which feels right since this kind of love-that’s-lost-its-luster trouble has been around forever. It may just be a video trend right now, but this time it seems more like a relevant statement about the song that just a gimmicky post-production trick.

I’d put money on this one for all kinds of video of the year awards.

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Miranda Lambert reunited with director Randee St. Nicholas to shoot the music video for “Dead Flowers.” It’s the first single from her third album, Revolution, scheduled for release in late September.

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Miranda Lambert’s Dead Flowers single off her third album, due out September, will hit radio on May 5 and retailers May 12. Lambert wrote the song based on a real life scenario. She had received a bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s Day, but soon after the holiday, had to hit the road for a string of shows. In her absence the flowers suffered from lack of attention and upon her return, she tossed them in the back yard. That led to the song….

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Miranda Lambert may come across as feisty and fearless, but she admits there is one thing she is afraid of: the swine flu.

“I’m very concerned,” she tells Michigan radio station B93. “We’re in Texas this weekend with Kenny [Chesney], and it’s kind of scary because that’s where everything is showing up. We’re definitely taking precautions and unfortunately we had to cancel some meet-and-greets this weekend.”

Not that the singer is blaming the animals. A proud pet owner of “pretty much everything you can imagine,” including two pot-bellied pigs, she doesn’t blame her own pets for her fear of the swine flu. “I think I’d be more likely to give it to them!” she says. “They’re in their happy little world at the farm, so I don’t think we’re in danger.”

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Miranda Lambert is used to getting tokens of appreciation from her fans… but a can of beer just screams class!
Miranda Lambert was surprised this weekend by a fan’s gift by “the poker brat” Phil Helmuth when he met up with her backstage at the Kenny Chesney concert and presented her with a custom can of Milwaukee’s [...]

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