Indie rock kings Flickerstick recently hit the road for a six-week tour in support of their latest album, Causing a Catastrophe-Live. The new offering, released on the band’s own 226 records, features Flickerstick’s live performance in their hometown of Dallas.

Last Saturday, the Texas natives showed a modest crowd at the Boardwalk in Orangevale why they should buy a live album from the band. Fueled by the Mic-Jagger-like stage presence of lead singer Brandin Lea, Flickerstick proved their wide popularity, singing original tunes that a good portion of the crowd were able to sing along to.

Flickerstick played for about an hour and a half, giving the fans a good half hour of new tunes that may show up on their next studio album.

“Playing the old songs are great,” said Lea in a recent interview with the State Hornet. “But, we’re really exciting about writing and recording new stuff. I mean, we’ve been playing those songs for two or three years now, and it’s time for change.”

If they are tired of their old tunes, it didn’t show in their performance. Lea and company emotionally played through crowd favorites like “Got a Feeling,” “Chloroform” and “Sorry, Wrong Trajectory.” At more than one point in the show, guitarist Rex James Ewing fell to the floor while whaling the notes to the band’s well-crafted songs.

The hits came too, as the VH1 “Bands on the Run” winning five-piece played video smash “Smile,” as well as radio hits “Beautiful” and “Coke.” Finishing with “Direct Line to Telepathy,” a psychedelic and haunting song, the band emotionally ended a long night and walked off stage to a nice applause.

I’d like to think that anyone who walked into the Boardwalk last Saturday who wasn’t a Flickerstick fan became one. If not, it’s a shame, because Flickerstick has the potential to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and their live show proved it.