But it is certainly true that Limbo – who have been putting on the very best in cutting-edge indie-music for the past 12 months at the plush West Register Street venue – rock immensely.

Having provided an ornate platform in the comfy confines of the Voodoo Rooms for more than a hundred bands over the last year, the organisers (The Black Spring DJs] have a mighty treat in store on Thursday with, arguably, one of their finest line-ups yet. How low can you go?

Expect a "riot of colour, attitude, fantastic music and wicked people" says their pre-birthday bash blurb and they're not far wrong.

Edinburgh electro-punks Dead Boy Robotics team up with fellow local electro-popstrel Ex-Lion Tamer to mark Limbo's first anniversary.

Glasgow-based Argentine-French death disco innovators A-Lix and London-based solo artist Micachu will be providing the additional, killer support.

But wait. This sounds just like your average four-band bill, doesn't it? And in some ways it is; yet what makes Limbo stand out from other multi-line-up gig nights across the city – and the rest of the UK for that matter – is the organisers' ability to select the right mix of bands, as well as the very best in innovative indie music for their weekly shindig.

Over the last year, bands who have performed at the club such as Swimmer One, Haight-Ashbury, Jesus H Foxx and We Were Promised Jetpacks have gone on to achieve critical plaudits as well as "hunners more fans" along the way. If you want to hear the very best in "whose cool to watch" then you best get down to the Voodoo Rooms.

Kicking off the night, and wearing his gay pop influences proudly and unashamedly on his sleeve, Ex-Lion Tamer is fresh, polished and more pop than almost anything else in Edinburgh right now.

He sounds a bit like Vector Lovers and Daft Punk, what with his synthetic vocals/ vocoders and child-like synth melodies. A firm fan of all things 80s, he gladly lists bands such as Yazoo and Erasure, Whitney Houston and Cyndi Lauper on his MySpace site - without any hint of self-consciousness or irony whatsoever. Whether or not any lions are actually involved in his act, let alone tamed, is not ours to say.
Dead Boy Robotics on the other hand, are one of the most promising acts to have emerged in Edinburgh in the last year.

Combining a healthy mix of electronic/dance style acts such as Nathan Fake and James Holden (Border Community] with the avant-punk aesthetic of Liars, if you can find another band who sound like them in Scotland right now, let alone the rest of Britain, Limbo will probably want to know.

Meanwhile, the dynamic duo of A-Lix are heavily embroiled in what is known as disco-punk. Parisian Vincent and Argentinian Lorena, who both play guitar as well as an assortment of electronic machines, conjure up a slightly bizarre mix of Cure-like singing and tunes with the kind of energy and enthusiasm you'd expect from a couple of professional footballers making their first-team debut.

Having first met some five years ago in Barcelona, before moving to Glasgow a couple of years back, the act of playing together apparently came about quite by accident. Our best bet is a chance meeting at a Cure concert perhaps?

Headlining the birthday party is Micachu. A young lady from London who performs live with two friends on drums, percussion, keys, electronics and backing vocals; her music is raw, edgy, energetic and experimental - but in an accessible, pop way, of course, you understand.

A humorous lyrical aspect gives it all additional character. There's a lot of hype currently building around the singer right now, largely thanks to her live shows. But, such is the originality of her MySpace material, while early signs from the debut album (due in early 2009] sound so good, it's with good reason.

But it's not just people shouting down microphones and bashing away on guitars at Limbo, oh, no. With guest DJs Oly (Hobo) and Chris (Fast) in attendance alongside the Black Spring DJs themselves to keep you dancing into the wee, small hours, all bodes well for a cracking night.
So, what are you all waiting for, then? Get your party hat on, blow up a few balloons, get down to the Voodoo Rooms, and give 'em a birthday bump they truly deserve.

All together now: Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Limbo . . .

Limbo, Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street, Thursday, 8pm, £5 (£4), 0131-556 7060