In the early '90s, there were few bands in the Chicago Punk scene with bigger audiences or more cred than Smoking Popes. But they split up in 1998, returning in November 2005 for the Flower15 Festival at Chicago's Metro, a show that was filmed and released on CD and DVD.  

The upcoming MidPoint Indie Summer concert series on Fountain Square (three bands for free every Friday) opens with Scottish Indie Pop darlings Camera Obscura June 4, the much-buzzed about Neon Indian June 11, MidPoint vets Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit June 18 and reunited Pop/Punk Chicago band Smoking Popes June 25. And that's just the first month.