Straight Arrows- 60's Garage, punk and 90's budget rock inspired band. They do great live covers of Supercharger, The Dicks and The Troggs.
http://www.myspace.com/thestraightarrows
Pee Wee- Super fun surf/garage punk.
http://www.myspace.com/peeweesux
Garbage & The Flowers- ex-New Zealanders doing a lo-fi velvet underground type thing.
http://www.myspace.com/thegarbageandtheflowers
Dead Farmers- Bluesy, psych garage rock from dudes that love the minutemen. Their new songs are better than those on their page I think.
http://www.myspace.com/deadfarmers
Naked On The Vague- They're got an LP on siltbreeze!!!
http://www.myspace.com/nakedonthevague
Circle Pit- Probably wrong to mention them as I'm now in the band playing moog and feedback fx but they were my favourite local band beforehand anyway. Pretty Royal Trux influenced. Heavy boogie rock maybe?
http://www.myspace.com/circlepit
Justice Yeldham- Glass on face noise.
http://www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham