I know it's been an entire year since anyone posted here, but I really liked this list. Shows that there's a lot of good music from my home state... But also some really, really bad music (I'm from Columbus, btw).
I would also add Lo-Pan, The Afghan Whigs, House of Heroes and The Sidekicks as well.
Walk The Moon (Cinci), Dangerkids (Dayton), Necrophagia (Wellsville), Mouth of the Architect (Dayton), Corpus Christi (Cinci), Skeletonwitch (Athens), Lollipop Lust Kill (Toledo)
Also, I was at a party in Columbus once and one of the ex-guitarists from 26 was there. He's a missionary now.